#cynicism

To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right or absolutely wrong, as determined by reason. 2. According to my reasoning, I am absolutely right. 3. Charity is immoral. 4. Pay for your own fucking schools. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#cynicism #objectivism #philosophy #charity

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat. ↗

— Reza Aslan

#hamid-karzai #politicians #politics #funny

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bore #boredom #boring #contagious #cynic

I lost something magical in the process of growing up – my disillusionment. ↗

— Bauvard

#cynicism #disillusionment #funny #growing-up #humor

Sometimes I think books are the only friends worth having. ↗

— Susie Derkins

#cynicism #humor #humor

As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So? ↗

— Bill Bryson

#humor #humor

You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed. ↗

— Paul Grist

#humor #humor

...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And it hasn't stopped since. ↗

— James Scott Bell

#cynicism #god #humor #humor

But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#humor #humor

Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

#money