Quotes and Sayings about Cynicism

Definition: What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

HK-47 in Star Wars Games - Knights of the Old Republic

The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Elections & Voting

Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are.

Ricky Gervais

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

George Bernard Shaw

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

Conan O'Brien

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

H. G. Wells

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Leonard: "For God's sake, Sheldon, do I have to... hold up a sarcasm sign every time I open my mouth?"
Sheldon: "You have a sarcasm sign?"

Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory - Season 1 Episode 2

Sarcasm

What? Scott, come on. I'm 147 pounds of pale skin and fragile bone, okay? Sarcasm is my only defense.

Stiles Stilinski in Teen Wolf

Sarcasm

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the World.

George Bernard Shaw

Truth Sarcasm

Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor.

Stephen King in 11/22/63

Sarcasm

Ellie: "Did everyone have boats back then?"
Joel: "Yeah. I had a sixty foot yacht."
Ellie: "Really?"
Joel: "No."
Ellie: "Sarcasm... making progress."

Ellie Williams in The Last of Us

Sarcasm

CC: "When do you find out if you got into college early? I would really love to help you pack."
Wyatt: "I detect sarcasm, which is universally regarded as the lowest form of humor."

Family Switch

Sarcasm

"Really?"
"No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember."
"Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic."

Jonathan Stroud in Lockwood & Co. - 1: The Screaming Staircase

Sarcasm Irony

People who can put on a serious face while joking are the scariest.

Shirou Emiya in Fate/stay night

Humor & Comedy Sarcasm

I don't appreciate your lack of sarcasm.

Louise Belcher in Bob's Burgers - Season 4 Episode 7

Sarcasm

You know what's never saved the planet? Your sarcasm.

Phastos in Eternals

Sarcasm

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Marianne Moore

Sarcasm

You know, they say sarcasm is a metric for potential. If that's true, you'll be a great man some day.

Howard Stark in Captain America - Civil War

Sarcasm

The most efficient form of birth control I know is spending the day with my kids.

Jill Bensley

Children & Childhood Sarcasm

Sutton: "Great for Jane, but didn't we stop saying diva like two years ago?"
Kat: "Oh, we're back to saying it ironically."
Sutton: "Our generation is exhausting."

Sutton Brady-Hunter in The Bold Type

Irony

Old age is a wonderful source of irony.

Aemon Targaryen in Game of Thrones - Season 4 Episode 9

Age Irony

I am known for my sense of irony but even I would not have come to think of putting a Statue of Liberty into the New York Harbour.

George Bernard Shaw

USA New York City Irony

Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.

Morpheus in The Matrix

Irony

Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope.

HK-47 in Star Wars Games - Knights of the Old Republic

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

HK-47 in Star Wars Games - Knights of the Old Republic

Boredom Curiosity

Everyone gets scared, kid. Without fear, you can't have courage.

Poe Dameron in Star Wars Games - Lego Star Wars

Fear

People like you are the reason hope can prevail. Hope is the reason we're going to win.

Leia Organa in Star Wars Games - Battlefront II

One guy's business plan for a $44 billion over-leveraged purchase is apparently to run around and individually ask people for $8. Remember that next time you question yourself or your qualifications.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - November 2022, via Twitter

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Donald Trump's premature claims of victory are illegitimate, dangerous, and authoritarian.
Count the votes. Respect the results.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - during US Election Night 2020

Donald Trump US Elections

A vote is like a rifle, its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Voices Elections & Voting

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

Theodor Seuss Geisel in Horton Hears a Who!

Voices Elections & Voting Mouth

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

Ricky Gervais

Atheism Santa Claus Hölle

Remember, if you don't sin, then Jesus died for nothing.

Ricky Gervais

Sin

You see things; and you say 'Why?"
But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw

Dreaming Optimism Positive Quotes

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

Hatred Indifference

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