Cynicism Quotes
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“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.”
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Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.”
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“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鈥檛 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 鈥測es鈥� begins things. Saying 鈥測es鈥� is how things grow. Saying 鈥測es鈥� leads to knowledge. 鈥淵es鈥� is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say 鈥測es'.”
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“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!

“All I ask is one thing, and I鈥檓 asking this particularly of young people: please don鈥檛 be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it鈥檚 my least favorite quality and it doesn鈥檛 lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you鈥檙e kind, amazing things will happen.”
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“As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?”
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
― The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

“In the depths of my heart I can鈥檛 help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.”
― Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939;
― Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939;

“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.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!
“Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.”
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“A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends.”
― You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
― You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
“I'm not into this whole "move with the times" thing. I reckon we should just decide on a year and stick with it.”
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“Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist 鈥� someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.”
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“I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you have to kill the part of yourself that is naive and romantic and idealistic - the part of you that you treasure most - to claim maturity, is it not better to die young but with your humanity intact?”
― Emergency Sex: And Other Desperate Measures
― Emergency Sex: And Other Desperate Measures

“Constantly exposing yourself to popular culture and the mass media will ultimately shape your reality tunnel in ways that are not necessarily conducive to achieving your Soul Purpose and Life Calling. Modern society has generally 鈥榣ost the plot鈥�. Slavishly following its false gods and idols makes no sense in a spiritually aware life.”
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“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth

“Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness.”
― Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me
― Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me

“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?”
― On Love
― On Love

“All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
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