Alastair Campbell Quotes

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.

Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Negativity drove me out of politics in the mid-Nineties.

I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

There's nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that's a fact.

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

I never loved the world around me as it was.

I was briefly bitter.

We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections.

Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

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.

We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media.

Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

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

Nobody is a friend of ours. Let's face it.

Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I'm not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing. You can have an argument with someone who's a sceptic. When I say 'cynic', I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.