#cynical

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

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference. ↗

— Greg Lake

#difference #doing #heart #just #makes

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#critics #cynical #cynicism #does #get

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#before #beings #capable #children #cynical

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

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#american citizen #avoid #become #citizen #completely

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. ↗

— George S. Patton

#cynical #discover #lack #often #people

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#comedian #comedians #cynical #i #like

Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#marriage #obama #position

I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#bad #business #cannot #course #cynical