Cynical
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.”
Benjamin Disraeli Cynical Quote
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
Edith Sitwell on Truth
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Ideas
“When ideas fail, words come in very handy.”
H. L. Mencken Cynical Quote
“The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”
John Madden on Sports
“The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.”
Clive Barnes on Television
“Television is the first truly democratic culture – the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.”
Floyd Dell on Idleness
“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.”
Thomas Sowell on Truth
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.”
Robertson Davies on Children
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”
Mark Twain on Life
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
Howard Scott on Business
“Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.”
Hob Broun on Realism
“Realism… has no more to do with reality than anything else.”
Bob Wells on Government
“For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.”
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Adventure
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.”
Socrates on Marriage
“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.”
Alfred North Whitehead’s Cynical Quote
“Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.”
Mark Twain on Patriotism
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
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.”
Oscar Wilde Cynical Quote
“Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.”
Napoleon Bonaparte on Peace
“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
Charles De Gaulle on Politics
“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”
Leo J. Burke on Children
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Greatness
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Patrick Young on Weather
“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”