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quotes by topic Cynicism

" In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? "

Hope , End , Politics , Cynicism

" You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. "

W. Somerset Maugham

Truth , Reputation , Cynicism

" The cynicism that you have is not your real soul. "

Soul , Cynicism

" Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll turn it into something absurd. One who is a genuine adherent, if you like, of some political outlook, never takes its sophistries seriously, but only its practical aims, which are concealed beneath these sophistries. Political rhetoric and sophistries do not exist, after all, in order that they be believed; rather, they have to serve as a common and agreed upon alibi. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest, and finish finally and infamously as heretics and apostates. No, too much faith never brings anything good... "

Cynicism

" Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed for myself,' said Denethor. 'Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse lay in the dregs? "

Cynicism

" Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness. "

Bertrand Russell

Cynicism

" You cynical shit," he told himself. Then he started to weep."Don't be so fucking sentimental," Crake used to tell him. But why not? Why shouldn't he be sentimental? It wasn't as if there was anyone around to question his "

Margaret Atwood

Cynicism

Hope , End , Politics , Cynicism