240 Quotes About Cynical

  • Author Zadie Smith
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    The world is now multicultural the same way the world is round. It's not a selling point, it's not a 'quirky' feature, it's not a cynical marketing ploy, it's not an artistic statement, it's not even a plot device. It's a fact, like seedless grapes.

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  • Author Lily Tomlin
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    Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.

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  • Author Paul Thomas
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    He probably underestimated how cynical people are about politicians' switching parties or deciding they don't want to serve after being elected.

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  • Author Gore Vidal
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    I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic.

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  • Author Kurt Vonnegut
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    Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism; Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant; that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted.

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