240 Quotes About Cynical

Mitch's take on humanity had deteriorated to the point where he assumed someone was lying if her lips were moving.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit.

I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends with the ideal of Sodom.

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.

Ted thinks: Everyone at this party could die tonight, including me, and I wouldn't even care. He gets very drunk.

I know life is not rainbows and butterflies, but I’d rather die delusional than being a mature cynic.

A man is not mature unless he gets a certificate of maturity from a woman.

History is a fable agreed upon.