443 Quotes About Cynicism

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages.

Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.

Three quarters of our intellectual performances are no more than decorations upon a void; I wondered if that increasing vacuity was due to the lowering of intelligence or to moral decline; whatever the cause, mediocrity of mind was matched almost everywhere by shocking selfishness and dishonesty.

Sincerity is sexy, and my cynical heart notices.

Living in a city shouldn't make you cynical and living in a village shouldn't make you vulnerable.

Spiritual skepticism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You will not witness that which you do not believe to be real. One cannot expect to have profound personal experiences of something you’re convinced does not exist.

It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.

Every relationship is, to each party, ultimately about them.

...Who knows what is and is not proof to the crotchety ladies and chainstore owners who sit and die on Boards of Education?