Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

I have no cynicism at all.

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

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.