Idealism
is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. David T. WolfCurmudgeon Quotes
Idealism
is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. David T. Wolf
It's just life... wake up and smell the thorns. From the movie Meet Joe Black
A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern. Edgar
A. Shoaff
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have
not got it. George Bernard Shaw
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom .
Mark Twain
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. Yogi Berra
Irony is the hygiene of the mind. Elizabeth Bibesco
There's only one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him. If he says yes,
you know he's a crook. Grouch Marx
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you
can do lying down." Chinese Proverb
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R.
Tolkien
Sarcasm is the sour cream of wit. Author Unknown
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death.
Fran Lebowitz
Life is one long process of getting tired. Samuel Butler
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. Charles de
Gaulle
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and
work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost
Maybe this world is another planet's hell. Aldous Huxley
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde
Of the demonstrably wise
there are but two: those who commit suicide, and those who keep their reasoning
faculties atrophied by drink. Mark Twain, Note-Book, 1935
Nothing is more miserable than man, of all upon the earth that breathes and
creeps. Homer, Iliad
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably
because they are generally the same people. G.K. Chesterton
Happy endings are only stories that haven't finished yet.
Simon Kinberg, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely
paralyze before we can live happily in this world. Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de
Chamfort
A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says
them about other people. Peter McArthur
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of
good will. Albert Einstein
Oftentimes, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people
miserable, too. But it never helps. Lemony Snicket
The surest way to make a monkey of a
man is to quote him.
Robert Benchley
If you told someone 'I have an idea,' and they thought you said 'I have
diarrhea,' would what came out of you after that make them change their mind?
John Alejandro King Never confuse power with greatness. In fact, if at all
possible, avoid confusing things generally. The Covert Comic
A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like. anonymous
Any fool can criticize and many of them do. C. Garbett
To escape criticism--do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out
the trees, then names streets after them. Bill Vaughan
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion,
on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
Jean Cocteau
Modern art is when you buy a picture to cover a hole in the wall and then decide
the hole looks much better. anonymous
The fastest way to a man's heart is through his chest.
Roseanne Arnold
Once you give up your ethics, the rest is a piece of cake.
J.R. Ewing
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue
happiness. You have to catch it, yourself. Ben Franklin
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an
expert saying it can't be done. Peter Ustinov
We learn from experience, that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be
rich.