Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.
Sextus EmpiricusTag: cynicism skepticism
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 TaibbiThese leaders are like the drug lords who ruled America’s ghettos in the crack age, men (and some women) interested in just two things: staying in power, and hoovering up enough of what’s left of the cash on their blocks to drive around in an Escalade or a 633i for however long they have left.
Matt TaibbiYou wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people... I do... I like people, but I like them in short bursts. I don't like people for extended periods of time. I'm all right with them for a little while, but once you get past around a minute, minute-and-a-half, I gotta get the f*** outta there.
George CarlinTag: cynicism george-carlin
Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions.
David HilfikerTag: cynicism frustration
You're confident he'll have found him, then?"
"Well, no. I didn't sat that."
"If there's one thing I hate," Volyova said, looking coldly at the other Triumvir, "it's mindless optimism.
An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world.
Nathan McCallTag: cynicism ideas materialism
Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.
John OrtbergTag: fear pain god cynicism faith cynics
The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.
Richard RussoTag: cynicism
Our art is cynical and bad-ass and made by people who will not be happy until you join them in the church of "everything is fucked up, so throw up your hands." This is art as anesthesia.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTag: art cynicism modern-art
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