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Cynical Quotes

‘The Ides of March’ was a fairly cynical film.

– Grant Heslov

I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

– Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

– Boris Johnson

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

– Adora Svitak

It’s often been said that I’m an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I’ve never known what to make of that.

– Ann Beattie

I’m not cynical, but I don’t really want to have a boyfriend or husband again.

– Alexandra Cassavetes

Yeah, it’s pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

– David Byrne

Obama’s position on marriage is brazenly cynical.

– David Limbaugh

Hillary Clinton became secretary of state under Barack Obama. It’s hard to convey just how stunningly cynical she has been on Colombia: In 2008, running against Obama, she opposed, in unambiguous terms, a free-trade deal with Colombia.

– Greg Grandin

I have never been a cynical person.

– Margot Robbie

You can’t blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.

– Peter Capaldi

As we get older – perhaps I’m just speaking for myself – we can get too cynical.

– Matt Smith

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

– George S. Patton

I’m kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.

– Gal Gadot

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

– Matt LeBlanc

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

– Michael Shermer

I’ve always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I’d just be poisoning the air.

– Glen Hansard

I will never be cynical again about people.

– Dick Ebersol

I’m a very jaded and cynical person.

– Ed Helms

A comedian’s a comedian. They’re a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that’s why I like them.

– Graham Norton

I have a big cynical side to me.

– Peter Dinklage

Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.

– Pankaj Mishra

I’m not cynical.

– Laura Schlessinger

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.

– Joseph Pulitzer

Snark describes a cynical position, and I’m not interested in that.

– Lydia Millet

As cynical as I can be, there’s always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.

– Lily James

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

– Loretta Swit

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn’t make any difference.

– Kurt Russell

I directed Bebe Neuwirth in ‘Here Lies Jenny’ at the Post Street Theatre. I was gobsmacked – the audiences were extremely knowledgeable, affectionate, interested, and not cynical.

– Roger Rees

The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn’t mean that that’s always the truth.

– Patrick Ness

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