Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.

—Peggy Noonan

About Peggy Noonan

Portrait of Peggy Noonan

Margaret Ellen Noonan (born September 7, 1950) is an American weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributor to NBC News and ABC News. She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986. Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times...

More quotations from Peggy Noonan

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn't take the drug money, on the daughter who held her tongue again and again. All this anonymous heroism.

—Peggy Noonan

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More quotations tagged with “cynicism”

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

—Lillian Hellman

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

—George Bernard Shaw

The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

—Larry Hardiman

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