The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.George Bernard Shaw
I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.Sigmund Freud
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.Eric Hoffer
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.Brendan Behan
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?Barack Obama
Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.David Foster Wallace