Quotes by Cynical It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves. Indira Gandhi cynical nature people The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. J. Irwin Miller shame cynical aggravation I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees. J Mascis cynical nice people As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. Jack Abramoff barbarians cynical clients For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as bad as their words. J. R. R. Tolkien cynical heart men I try and find and access the parts of myself that still blindly believe and have faith in a lot of things. I don't mean to be cynical, but I've also discovered that I still have a lot of those. And they may not be where I expected them to be. Maybe I've been in relationships, and this is a movie about relationships, like romance relationships - so maybe I've been in some that have sort of made me lose my faith. But deep down inside, I still have blind faith. Jake Gyllenhaal cynical mean believe The only person more cynical than a drunk is a reformed drunk. James Crumley cynical drunk persons We live in a world where everybody's supposed to be cool and act tough and put up fronts, and everybody is so cynical. James Gunn cynical tough world Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression. James Howard Kunstler cynical powerful thinking A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. James Kern Feibleman cynical atheist believe If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly cynical. James Norton cynical judging character I think that one of the things that is happening in the so-called "clash of civilizations" is that the confidence that was once obvious in the Western Judeo-Christian tradition has been weakened tremendously. There's a feeling that there's a cynical, corporate layer that's really driving it - one that's ready to compromise - and that the real confident energy around the world is coming from Islam, that the believers take their own faith at face value and with great confidence and in far greater numbers. James Toback cynical real thinking I wish I could be hard and cynical. That I could take things slowly, not give too much of myself, because I'd be so frightened of getting hurt that there wouldn't be any other way. But no. every time I meet someone I dive in headfirst, showering them with love and attention, and hoping that this time they're going to be different. Jane Green cynical hurt giving People are getting cynical about the news. It doesn't seem like there's one place to watch where you get the straight dope. You watch the channel that proves your point. Jason Sudeikis cynical dope people This new world which is being born is cynical and amnesiac. And it has eliminated perspective. Jean-Luc Godard cynical perspective world The reason that women do not love one another is - men. Jean de la Bruyere love-one-another cynical men A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can do to an actor is give him a job." That shut me up and broke off a big hunk of my actor's cynical armor. Jeff Raz cynical jobs giving How is it that one day life is orderly and you are content, a little cynical perhaps but on the whole just so, and then without warning you find the solid floor is a trapdoor and you are now in another place whose geography is uncertain and whose customs are strange? Jeanette Winterson cynical one-day life In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and whenever this happens, I go with it. That's what inspiration is. You don't get it from the gods. You make it. Jeffrey Eugenides cynical inspiration believe A twinge of wonderment that might charm the most cynical of New York dance fans…They raise the bar, and then they jump over it. Jennifer Dunning cynical fans new-york «56789101112131415»