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Letter "C" » cynicism
«Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence»
«I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction»
Author: John Steinbeck
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bored, cynicism, destroyers, listless, named, plenty, rebellion, self-satisfaction, slothful, submerged, The Destroyers
«Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.»
«Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.»
Author: Zubin Mehta
(Conductor, Pianist, Violinist)
| Keywords:
cynicism, exuberance, fatigue, orchestra, philharmonic, scratch, The New York, tremendous
«Cynicism is humor in ill health.»
Author: H. G. Wells
(Historian, Journalist, Novelist, Sociologist)
| Keywords:
cynicism, ill health, ill humor
«Every person has the power to make others happy.Some do it simply by entering a room --others by leaving the room.Some individuals leave trails of gloom;others, trails of joy.Some leave trails of hate and bitterness;others, trails of love and harmony.Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism;others trails of faith and optimism.Some leave trails of criticism and resignation;others trails of gratitude and hope.What kind of trails do you leave?»
Author: William Arthur Ward
| Keywords:
bitterness, criticism, cynicism, entering, gloom, gratitude, harmony, individuals, leaving, leavings, optimism, pessimism, resignation, resignations, trailing, trails, with bitterness
«If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
campaign, campaigned, campaigning, campaigns, campaign of, cynicism, join, Politics of, polled, Polling, polls, sick, The Politics, tired of
«It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Adventure,
Mind,
Truth
| Keywords:
cynicism, excursion, peculiarities, peculiarity, regards
«I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the two were the same thing»
«In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
(Painter)
| About:
Cynicism,
Living,
Skepticism
| Keywords:
cynicism, humbug, humbugged, humbugs, musically, skepticism
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