“If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Cynical
Margaret Millar Cynical Quote
“Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.” Continue reading
Leonard Bernstein on Inspiration
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.” Continue reading
Mark Twain’s Cynical Quote
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Continue reading
Otto von Bismarck Cynical Quote
“When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it into practice.” Continue reading
W. C. Fields Cynical Quote
“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.” Continue reading
Jerry Seinfeld on Society
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.” Continue reading
Robert Heinlein on Progress
“Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” Continue reading
George F. Will on Pessimism
“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.” Continue reading
Abraham Maslow on Problems
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Continue reading
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