Henry Rollins Quotes

I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort.

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Only fools are positive.

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

We must break the cycle of cynicism that has hold of many of our youth.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

I've always been a glass-half-empty sort of person.

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

It's so much easier to be cynical.

People never think anything is anything really. I'm getting goddam sick of it.

The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking

From passions grow opinions; intellectual laziness lets these harden into convictions.

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.

I’m not a child. Don’t talk to me like I am. (Kiara) No, you’re worse. You’re an adult who still thinks the world is a beautiful place, filled with people who will help you just for the sake of being nice. Wake up and smell the bloodbath and humility the rest of us have to cope with. (Syn)

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.

I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist.

I have a congenital desire to contradict; my whole life is merely a chain of sad and unsuccessful contradictions to heart and mind. When faced with enthusiasm, I am seized by a midwinter freeze, and I suppose that frequent dealings with sluggish phlegmatics would have made a passionate dreamer.