Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Quote by Bill Bailey

Topics: Cynicism Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

At the last count -- and we're still counting -- there were 3.2 million claims....

At the last count -- and we're still counting -- there were 3.2 million claims....

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

Cynicism is the humour of hatred.

Cynicism is the humour of hatred.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

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

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

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...