P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

It's good to be a cynic. I'm a cynic. But the best part of being a cynic is somebody proving you wrong.

People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.

I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about politics or the media.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.

Canadians are tired of being cynical.

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty - it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

I'm not cynical.

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty.