#cynical

Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#cynical #denies #end #entertainments #experience

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#arrive #critical #cynical #either #heritage

The universe is a meat grinder and we're just pork in designer shoes, keeping busy so we can pretend we're not all headed for the sausage factory. Maybe I've been hallucinating this whole time and there is no Heaven and Hell. Instead of having to choose between God and the devil, maybe our only real choice comes down to link or patty? ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#existential #business

A cynical modification of letting go doesn't bring forgiveness, it's when, once you forgive, will you be able to let go. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#cynical #forgiveness #letting-go #sugarcoat #forgiveness

Si al final mis problemas no eran solubles, cuando menos serían adulterables. ↗

— Xavier Velasco

#humor #problems #humor

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#cynical #everybody #everything #irish #lack

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#basis #constructed #cynical #day-to-day #day-to-day basis

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#affair #because #build #business #cliffs

I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#comic #cynical #disrespect #disrespectful #doing

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#become #cynical #democracy #future #happen