The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Tom WaitsMots clés music cynicism beat-poetry
Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll turn it into something absurd. One who is a genuine adherent, if you like, of some political outlook, never takes its sophistries seriously, but only its practical aims, which are concealed beneath these sophistries. Political rhetoric and sophistries do not exist, after all, in order that they be believed; rather, they have to serve as a common and agreed upon alibi. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest, and finish finally and infamously as heretics and apostates. No, too much faith never brings anything good...
Milan KunderaMots clés history cynicism faith dogma moderation pragmatism philosophicaloutlookonlife machiavellian
Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.
Michael CrichtonCynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.
Jamie WhyteMots clés cynicism logic critical-thinking
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 BarnesMots clés humanity cynicism mankind
In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.
Sigmund FreudMots clés humanity cynicism mankind
The atmosphere was electrified by the orgasm with which the strong and secure are overcome when confronted with the visible frailty of someone worse off than themselves.
Paul LeppinMots clés humanity cynicism mankind
Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out.
Leonid AndreyevMots clés life cynicism death despair
The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.
John UpdikeMots clés cynicism 1981 rabbit-angstrom teotwawki
...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And it hasn't stopped since.
James Scott BellMots clés humor god cynicism complaints
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