Zach Galifianakis Quotes

In the coffee shops of the Middle East, where only conspiracies are believed and the simple truth is considered naivete or duplicity, America’s motives are invariably assumed to be malicious.

There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them

I always watched reality shows with scepticism.

That's one of the things I like about Mary Lou. She's willing to believe the worst about anyone.

Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole.

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.

Distrust that man who tells you to distrust. He takes the measure of his own small soul, and thinks the world no larger.

Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

Having stopped expecting truth, we rarely get it.

As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred dollars for a 'reading' which was so vague you could twist the meaning any way you wanted.

I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.

I grew up in the era, 'Don't trust anybody over 30.' And, you know, I still feel that. Don't trust me.

Cynicism has its own zealots.

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.

Rock is very, very important and very, very ridiculous.

Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.

I'm too cynical to be an optimist.

I always have issues. I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker. I think trust is something that comes from the gut. I don't think it's anything specific. I don't think it's anything tangible.

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

We won't get fooled again!

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

Doubt, or the absence of faith and naivete, is a vice peculiar to this age, for no one is obedient nowadays; and naivete, which means the dominance of temperament in the manner, is a gift from God, possessed by very few.