A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him.
The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.
I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.
There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.
Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.
One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is to embrace the idea of spurring creativity by letting hundreds of flowers bloom. I've never seen that lead to anything other than cynicism and hundreds of dead flowers.
I think the cynicism that you have when you've just gone through a break-up is a luxury that you allow yourself for a while.
The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.
The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick of pretending to be me," it's exhaustion at the everyday performance, in life, in art, even in our most intimate encounters.
I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.