#cynic

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

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? ↗

— Eliza Cook

#cynic #down #fairy #frown #knock