More quotations tagged with “cynicism”
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
—Erica Jong
If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be too cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
—Annie Dillard
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
—Kenneth Clark
We have men loosening the nails on Noah's ark.
—Robert Bly
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
—H. L. Mencken