Cynical Quotes

I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

I will never be cynical again about people.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much.

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons.

Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul.

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical.

I'm a very jaded and cynical person.

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.