Cynical Attitude Quotes

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason. There's also a negative side.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

People tend to become cynical about even the most appalling crisis if it seems to be dragging on, failing to come to term.

People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.

Trump has no sense of shame.

We're in a political environment of competing pessimisms today.

The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.

If you look at American medical fiction written by doctors, like 'The House of God' by Samuel Shem and 'The Blood of Strangers' by Frank Huyler, both have themes of cynicism and dysfunction running through them that you won't find in 'ER.' You find it in 'Scrubs,' but because that's a comedy, it gets away with it.

Many of us develop different flavors of cynicism that we work hard to resist because they can be lazy mental shortcuts.

Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.

I have a lot of friends that take that position of extreme cynicism, and I just can't let myself go to that place. It's just too easy, and it's just too defeatist.

I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.

Criticism, maybe cynicism, is just rampant in music, in creativity. Everybody has a perception and a set of opinions based on what that piece of music is doing to them internally.

The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise.

Forget all her little gold crosses: Hillary's real god is political expediency. Do Americans truly want this hard-bitten Machiavellian back in the White House?

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

It's easier to be cynical and edgy and tough rather than overly emotional.

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

Caution and cynicism are safe, but soldiers don't want to follow cautious cynics.

Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which makes a fetish of sport and professes eroticism as a way of life. A perverted and insane pictorial art, lewd exhibitionistic dancing and jungle music form the spiritual norm of this sector of America's youth.

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?