#cynical

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people. ↗

— Peter Jennings

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Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#science #design

In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it. ↗

— Daniel Waters

#being #cruel #cynical #entertainment #evil

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. ↗

— Paul Getty

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Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. ↗

— Ann Beattie

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I never thought I'd spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity I'd never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really. ↗

— Sadie Frost

#before #beginning #cynical #easy #electricity

I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever. ↗

— Peter Gabriel

#bit #copyright #cynical #ever #forever

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#better #better off #cynical #more #off