#cynical

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#complex #cynical #exploitation #extreme #global

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical. ↗

— Keith Haring

#artist #becoming #boom #collecting #combined

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#cynical #funny #humour #funny

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#cynical #doing #excuse #intelligent #intolerable

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

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds. ↗

— Garet Garrett

#because #bonds #corporation #cynically #engraved

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. ↗

— Mark Twain

#funny #humour #review #funny

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#american citizen #avoid #become #citizen #completely

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i