Cynacism Quotes & Sayings

Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own. — Charles Churchill

Art like life, should be free, since both are experimental. — George Santayana

Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis. — Tom Hoover

Every happy man should have some one with a little hammer at his door to knock and remind him that there are unhappy people, and that, however happy he may be, life will sooner or later show its claws, and some misfortune will befall him
illness, poverty, loss, and then no one will see or hear him, just as he now neither sees nor hears others. But there is no man with a hammer, and the happy go on living, just a little fluttered with the petty cares of every day, like an aspen-tree in the wind
and everything is all right. — Anton Chekhov

Sure she would want that again - tenderness compassion
slow erotic lovemaking - but not tonight. Tonight she wanted
to experience her transformation she wanted to test the limits of her new body to soar to new heights of pleasure.
She wanted her Alpha male.
And she wanted him now. — Tessa Dawn

Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us unpick them, just to put it back together more shonkily? How're you s'posed to say Kapellmeister if you can't say Kapellmeister? — David Mitchell

Okay, I've only just found out the final lineup for Slytherin," said Angelina, consulting a piece of parchment. "Last year's Beaters, Derrick and Bole, have left now, but it looks as though Montague's replaced them with the usual gorillas, rather than anyone who can fly particularly well. They're two blokes called Crabbe and Goyle. I don't know much about them
"
"We do," said Harry and Ron together.
"Well they don't look bright enough to tell one end of a broom from another," said Angelina, pocketing her parchment, "but then I was always surprised Derrick and Bole managed to find their way onto the pitch without signposts."
"Crabbe and Goyle are in the same mold," Harry assured her. — J.K. Rowling

Secrets turn powerless in the open air. — Michael Ondaatje

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself. — Abiola Abrams

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. — Gerry Cooney

[about a hat]
You can put it on and say, Hey you, person without a hat! I've got something you don't! How did I get it? Probably by being worth more to society. — Alice LeGrow

What's all the row over at Ben's?" [Mrs. Ide] inquired, placidly, from her comfortable chair.
"Rustlers, cattle, foremen, sheriffs, and Heaven only knows what," replied Hettie, distractedly. — Zane Grey

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted. — Lisa Gardner

If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited. — Bryant McGill

Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration. — Wayne Dyer