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#cynicism

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That's the hardest thing of all--never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent.


Sergei Lukyanenko


#difficult #faith #hard #indifference #faith

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.


Glen Cook


#humor #life #humor

It all depends on what people you're talking about helping. That's the wonderful think about just about every religion on the planet - they're all so incredibly selfish.


Derek Landy


#cynicism #helping-others #perspective #religion #selfishness

This is some sort of joke, isn't it?" asks Hunt, staring at the flawless blue sky and distant fields. I cough as lightly and briefly as possible into a handkerchief I have made from a towel borrowed from the inn. "Probably," I say. "But then, what isn't?


Dan Simmons


#cynicism #cynicism-reality #joke-life #life

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes'.


Stephen Colbert


#optimism #wisdom #youth #strength

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.


Jamie Whyte


#cynicism #logic #journalist

If you behaved nicely, the communists wouldn't exist.


Jenny Holzer


#cynicism #politics #cynicism

It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.


H.P. Lovecraft


#cynic #existence #suicide #cynicism

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.


Peter M. Senge


#idealism #cynicism

All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.


Dorothy Parker


#cynicism






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