#cynic

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#asked #cynicism #give #me #people

Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat. ↗

— Rick Perry

#budget #child #combat #consensus #cooperation

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#around #back #been #brutality #cynicism

People are getting cynical about the news. It doesn't seem like there's one place to watch where you get the straight dope. You watch the channel that proves your point. ↗

— Jason Sudeikis

#channel #cynical #dope #get #getting

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#cynicism #despite #good #good time #hollywood

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#deadly #i #know #only #sin

It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#despair #difficulty #fear #optimism #poetry

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#science #science

To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right or absolutely wrong, as determined by reason. 2. According to my reasoning, I am absolutely right. 3. Charity is immoral. 4. Pay for your own fucking schools. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#cynicism #objectivism #philosophy #charity