#cynic

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever. ↗

— Chris Wooding

#cynicism

I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#cynicism #people #cynicism

And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#cynical #cynicism

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#cynical #negative #nietzsche #people #cynicism

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#believing #cynic #gone #knowing #nothing

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

#based #choices #cynicism #disengagement #fear

It's when the 'international community' expresses 'concern' about your 'situation' that your situation is well and truly fucked. ↗

— Michael D. Weiss

#geopolitics #inaction #international-community #politics #syria

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference. ↗

— Greg Lake

#difference #doing #heart #just #makes