Peter Dinklage Quotes

I'm an old cynic.

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity.

I'm a very jaded and cynical person.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

There's a lot to be said for misanthropy.

I always have doubts. I am weary of people.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

My friends are so cynical, they refuse to keep the faith.

I don't trust nobody, especially when they say something good.

Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them.

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

Cynicism has its own zealots.

I'm too cynical to be an optimist.

Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.

With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst. Usually they-and those that you knew best, for that matter-did not disappoint.

The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

I am very suspicious of people.

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.