C Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with C. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.”
“Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I'd loved from childhood who didn't disappoint.”
“Cynic' is the sentimentalist's name for the realist.”
“Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
“Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision”
“Cynical is a fool's word for realist.”
Source: The Lucifer Gospel
“Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.”
Source: The Hippopotamus
“Cynical? Me? I'll have you know that I make daisy-chains and frolic with unicorns on the weekends.”
Source: Isolation
“Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.”
Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley
“Cynical views of humans as a mindless mob, incapable of behaving intelligently and peacefully, are used to justify keeping us apart and denying us roles as autonomous actors.”
Source: Team Human
“Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, the enemy of friends; I am admired for my detestability. I am both Poles and the Equator, with no Temperate Zones between.”
Source: Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
“Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.”
“Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.”
Source: The Essential Tillich
“Cynici zeggen dat het sterven begint bij de geboorte. Zoals bij iedere polariserende stelling zit daar iets van waarheid in. Ieder mens bereikt op een gegeven moment een punt waar zijn leven eindigt en het sterven begint. Een oneindig kleine, maar meetbare logische seconde waarin we een onzichtbare grens overgaan die het keerpunt van ons bestaan vormt. Achter die grens ligt dan alles wat we ooit als toekomst hebben beschouwd. En vóór ons is alleen nog de dood. Bij de meeste mensen ligt dat scheidingspunt ergens op het laatste kwart van hun levenslijn. Andere, die bijvoorbeeld aan een dodelijke ziekte lijden, lopen misschien al halverwege tegen die grens op. Bijna niemand overschrijdt die bewust. Slechts weinig mensen kunnen zeggen wanneer hun leven eindigt en het sterven begint. Zoals ik. Ik kan het je heel precies zeggen.”
“Cynicism ... is the trade-mark of failure.”
“Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?”
Source: An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture
“Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find that when you're down, nobody has a bloody minute for you. If I was a nobody, you wouldn't even talk to me. People, in general, don't like you being upfront and civil. They hate you for it. They label you a cynic 'cos you're reasonable.”
“Cynicism and fundamentalism are the two sides of one coin. Both practice voluntary blindness toward transcendent truth: one by refusing to acknowledge that shadows convey valid insights about it, and the other by taking a shadow to be the sole and complete truth.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.”
“Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of his skepticism and join the battle.”
“Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.”
“Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.”
“Cynicism does not cause inaction.”
“Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.”
“Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.”
Source: Pagan and Her Parents
“Cynicism has its own zealots.”
“Cynicism is a boring and dull old man’s disease people have no business getting when they’re young.”
Source: Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing
“Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.”
“Cynicism is a disease. Optimism is the cure.”
“Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.”
“Cynicism is a form of obedience.”
“Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.”
“Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.”
“Cynicism is an enormous problem. I'm actually a hopeful person. But the way to stay hopeful is to acknowledge and to not accept what is absolutely amoral, mentally ill behavior as normal.”
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
“Cynicism is carnality that thinks its smart.”
“Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods.”
Source: The Comedians
“Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.”
Source: TransAtlantic
“Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard, however, since this endearing quality frequently masquerades as wit.”
“Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.”
“Cynicism is for lightweights.”
“Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.”
“Cynicism is humor in ill health.”
“Cynicism is idealism turned inside out. It stems from an expectation unrealized and a promise perverted. That is so much of Washington today in a nutshell.”
Source: This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America's Gilded Capital
“Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)”
“Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.”
“Cynicism is intellectual treason.”
“Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.”
“Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.”
“Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.”