Paul Auster Quotes

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

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.

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

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

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.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

I have no cynicism at all.

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

The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth.

When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

I'm not cynical at all.

Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that.

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.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

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

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

I'm not cynical.

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

I'm not really concerned with trying to turn haters into believers.

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

I am not a cynic.