#cynicism

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#science #science

Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#dr-jayce #god #jayce-oneal #love #love

If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism to which we are prone? Is there not in every coup de foudre a certain willful exaggeration of the qualities of the beloved, an exaggeration which distracts us from our habitual pessimism and focuses our energies on someone in whom we can believe in a way we have never believed in ourselves? ↗

— Alain de Botton

#love #love

I lost something magical in the process of growing up – my disillusionment. ↗

— Bauvard

#cynicism #disillusionment #funny #growing-up #humor

Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity? Are you sure you aren’t treating yourself to easy self-congratulation, seeking approval, making certain you’re on the right side? ↗

— Julian Barnes

#humanity #mankind #love

Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#dr-jayce #god #jayce-oneal #love #love

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In other words, I want to get married. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#argue #arguments #chores #cynicism #desire

A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends. ↗

— Scott Dikkers

#cynicism #friendship #humor #friendship

But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#humor #humor

Say as little as possible, hope some of the undecideds like your teeth better than the other guy’s—that’s usually the way this business works. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#politics #business