#cynic

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. ↗

— John Berger

#burden #camera #cynical #forget #god

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#alive #been #crushed #cynicism #cynics

We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#attack #came #certainly #cynical #departments

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. ↗

— George W. Bush

#come #cynicism #join #politics #polls

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

— David Byrne

#cynical #days #hard #pretty #these

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. ↗

— George Carlin

#disappointed #every #idealist #inside #person

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up faster. ↗

— Noelle Oxenhandler

#humour #life #melancholy #the-art-of-wishing #truth

I'm a hopeful cynic. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#hopeful #i

I wish the masses of people would all follow my advice, because I'd throw it off a cliff. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#cliff #cynical #funny #masses #funny

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#cynicism #derive #dismal #fairly #hard