It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. – Fannie Hurst Category: Cynicism
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Category: Cynicism
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. – Sydney J. Harris Category: Cynicism
Selfishness is the only real atheism unselfishness the only real religion. – Israel Zangwill Category: Religion
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. – Martin Scorsese Category: History
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didnt know that funny women existed. It wasnt until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny. – Jenny Eclair Category: funny
