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There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.
I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.
I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.
A dollar saved is a dollar earned but seldom vice versa.
I'm at a place of deep cynicism about American politics.
among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all
Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.
Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state.
There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.
Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.
One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.
Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking
Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.
Christianity not only saves you from sin, but from cynicism.
Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.
Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.
The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.
Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.
in rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.
... but a dream is nothing more than reality shorn of cynicism.
I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.
Optimism is a choice. Cynicism isn't smarter - it's just safer.
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.
Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are.
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
A person is as young as their dreams and as old as their cynicism.
Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
Refuse to be cynical. Refuse to think that things can never change.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.
Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.
Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.
Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.
They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.
One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.
Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.
Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.