#cynicism

Politicians.Their first thoughts are always with the loved ones of the British serviceman tragically killed in action. And whether they'll vote New Labour at the next election. There's no need to be cynical, Susan. Why not? You've got me there. ↗

— William Donaldson

#new-labour #love

All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#happiness #inspirational #inspirational

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted. ↗

— John Lee Hancock

#anger #comes #cynicism #i #i think

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. ↗

— Russell Lynes

#cynicism #intellectual #intelligence #substitute

Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#cynicism #dead #death #death

Life is serious but art is fun! ↗

— John Irving

#humour #real-life #art

By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this -- One of you is lying. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#cynicism #love #lying #passion #love

...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet. [we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#death #dying #death

I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#good-and-evil #idealism #politics #vetinari #life

The real inferiority of women to men is shown by their hate of paederasty, which they regard as unfair competition. Men on the other hand rather approve of Sapphism, as saving them trouble & expense. —Aleister Crowley. 1929-03-09 diary entry. ↗

— Lawrence Sutin

#cynicism #sex #life