Kennedy was like a rock star. Carter was the earnest outsider at the height of Washington cynicism. Clinton was a bad boy who proposed his 'third way' of Democratic politics, and Obama brought hope and change to a country that so desperately needed it.

Fabrizio Moreira

What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialized language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve; empathy can be replaced by cynicism.

Abraham Verghese

Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire system.

Alan K. Simpson

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.

Alan Thicke

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

Alex Kingston

I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.

Alexander Payne

The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Ang Lee

The idea that women are actually getting some jobs - whoopee. I can't say that I celebrate it without a hint of cynicism, because I think of how easily things can drop away and go back to the same old routine of being a boys' show. But I think it's a wonderful thing that women are getting to direct more.

Anjelica Huston

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

Anna Faris

I have no cynicism at all.

Antony Sher

I was a bit of a humour black sheep. I would make these jokes full of irony and dark cynicism and that just didn't work when I was seven, people did not laugh.

Ayda Field

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

Barack Obama

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.

Ben Shapiro

I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.

Bob Newhart

I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.

Brad Feld

I'm sure there's some sort of cynicism or fatalism in Ireland and England. We are fatalistic here, and sometimes we need to be shaken out of that.

Brian Gleeson

I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.

Carl Barks

I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.

Carol Burnett

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

Caroline Polachek