443 Quotes About Cynicism

A strong friend can be more dangerous than a weak enemy.

When you’re swimming with the sharks, you can’t afford to be burdened with scruples.

We discover truth by asking rapier-like questions that cut through the thick fog of doctrinarism. Artists and philosophers must be subversive: we need these rebellious cynics to ask questions, they must resist cultural norms; seek out truths that are not self-evident and challenge everything. Doubt, not blind belief, is essential for discovering truth.

I don't "lol". I tried it once but it just didn't agree with me.

Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time someone said, "No you can't.

Solitude reigns supreme. Real heroes don't need friends.

Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?

There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.

Cynicism is the proper lack of certainty one should have when dealing with most humans.