#cynicism

A thousand years from now nobody is going to know that you or I ever lived. The cynic is right, but lazy. He says ‘You live, you die and nothing you do will ever make a difference.’ But as long as I live, I’m going to be like Beethoven and shake my fist at fate and try to do something for those who live here now and who knows how far into the future that will go. If I accomplish nothing more than making my arm sore, at least I will be satisfied that I have lived. ↗

— Jackson Burnett

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And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#cynical #cynicism

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. ↗

— George W. Bush

#come #cynicism #join #politics #polls

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#disappointments #full #naive

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#hypocrisy #outside

Cynicism is intellectual treason. ↗