Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.
No one is more romantic than a cynic. I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism or sentiment that's had a few chips nicked into it.
I start out by believing the worst
True knights protect the weak.” He snorted. “There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don’t ever believe any different.” Sansa backed away from him. “You’re awful.” “I’m honest. It’s the world that’s awful.
Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking
There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.
Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?" "Just shut up." "Can do." "Really? Doesn't seem like it." -Jacob and seth
I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic.
A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him.
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things.
Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones
Isn't it too bad that the great truths are all such lies.
Negative thinking is prevalent, in particular, among so many women in their later years, and, as a result, they live out their lives in discontent.
Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.
PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things.
All politicians are not the same. I've never felt that way. What is the same is that voters get very excited about new faces, like Clinton and Blair - and they have unrealistic expectations that the world will change overnight. A cynical old hand like myself knows that it won't.
Merely watching a romantic comedy causes relationship satisfaction to plummet. Apparently, the bitter realization that maybe it could happen to us, but it obviously hasn't and it probably never will, makes our lives seem unbearably grim in comparison.
