Cynically Honest Quotes

“The trouble with cops is not that they're dumb or crooked or tough, but that they think just being a cop gives them a little something that they didn't have before. Maybe it did once, but not anymore. They're topped by too many smart minds.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“Three quarters of our intellectual performances are no more than decorations upon a void; I wondered if that increasing vacuity was due to the lowering of intelligence or to moral decline; whatever the cause, mediocrity of mind was matched almost everywhere by shocking selfishness and dishonesty.”
― Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian

“Daodejing 65.

Those of ancient times who were expert in implementing the Way
Did not use it to enlighten the common people
But employed it to make them stupid
The commoners are difficult to govern
Because they know too much.”
― Lao Tzu

“I'm tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race, they simply don't want to change!”
― August Dvorak

“Only idiots worship gods sillier than their own stupid selves.”
― Fakeer Ishavardas

“I'm surprised you can just sit here in the open like this and not worry about being recognized," he said as he sat down across from her.
She cleared her throat. "I guess some of us haven't quite reached your level of stardom yet, Chef." Cynicism and hostility were gushing from every syllable. "Thank you for deigning to appear in public with me.”
― Bethany Turner, Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

“A moonlit drive into the Mojave Desert sounds romantic. It isn't, not when you have a corpse in your trunk.”
― Liz Tuckwell , Moonsleep and Other Stories