Sentences with phrase «cynical about»

Although I like them, I am feeling a bit pelted by pumpkins, and it also makes me feel a tad cynical about how blog promotions work.

The public is very cynical about this.

Buyers who are cynical about real estate photos will appreciate images without a filter, while homes with a rustic feel, natural wood siding, or adobe walls could benefit from the sepia filter, Toaster.

It's easy to be cynical about the actions or intentions of others; however, have faith that those who you've invested time and energy in will follow through and meet your expectations.

«Americans are cynical about the economy, about the role of government and about their children's prospects for the future.

The one thing that Americans aren't cynical about is the promise of the American Dream and of home ownership's role in that dream.»

First Australians and those working with them are rightly cynical about new government reform and how long it will last.

But, as a third put it, forums can also make you cynical about marriage.

I've become cynical about dating sites though.

I've grown up in a generation that is incredibly cynical about marriage.

Without sounding too cynical about the holiday season, I daresay it has become the best marketing animal retailers could have ever unleashed on the buying public.

«The feedback from everyone who participated in the programmes was uniformly excellent, including those who had initially been cynical about how outplacement services could be of help.

Other people are cynical about interview questions, because they don't seem to get jobs when they do interviews.

«If you want to be cynical about it, you'll find reasons to think it's not that great,» Dudley says.

And I don't mean to sound overly cynical about this, either.

I'm no less cynical about this issue after seeing the work around.

We're pretty cynical about speeches up here.

Abhinav Khushalani, 18, a Dulaney senior who helped organize the walkout, said it's important for young people to make their voices heard and not grow cynical about politics.

It's easy to be cynical about building a personality cult around the late Apple CEO but Cook is genuinely choked up.

It shouldn't be any surprise, therefore, that both lawyers and marketers feel cynical about the value of trade shows in the marketing mix.

Lest we be too cynical about this being «a heap of all I could find», the NYT, BBC and CNET Australia all offered comments, generally enthusiastic.

I'm as cynical about the three wise men as I am about the Coca - Cola Santa, but like it or hate it, Christmas is still woven into the fabric of western civilization, replacing as it were, the Druid festival of Nolagh, the Roman festival of Saturnalia, and other celebrations that happened around the winter solstice.

ABS would weaken that bulwark by compromising our ability to stand up and say, We are beholden to no - one but our clients (and, if you want to be cynical about it by citing some examples, to ourselves).

David Lat, however, at Above the Law is cynical about all of this, offering his hilarious version of how Bainbridge's pie - expanding lawyers would operate in reality.

Innovation is the trending topic du jour around the industry; having worked in law firms for 10 years, I've grown more than a little cynical about a few things, innovation in law among them.

Readers are asked to forgive me for being a tad cynical about the whole exercise.

Survey respondents were also cynical about the opportunities for women to make partner.

SJ Berwin's merger with King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has been met with guarded optimism by law firm partners, who are more cynical about other recent high - profile tie - ups.

Speaking from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Meles acknowledged that, while developing nations had ultimately agreed to the climate financing goals set by the Copenhagen Accord, many remained deeply cynical about whether that money would ever be delivered.

effect is high, and while I couldn't help but feel a little cynical about the over-simplification of the awesomeness of electric cars (how can they be zero - emissions if the most of the energy that powers them comes from coal?

I'm pretty cynical about these plots.

Chrichton is generally cynical about political processes that claim to produce «consensus».

I had grown quite skeptical about PV too over the last 6 or 7 years, particularly about claims of grid parity — i had seen enough rubbish from Pacific Solar «we'll be competitive with the grid by 2005» press releases from the late 1990s to be forevermore cynical about PV optimism.

In addition, having been to Glacier National Park in the 1990s and having read in the National Park Service Brochure that there weren't any glaciers in this area during the Medieval Warming Period and then reading Alarmist stories about how these glaciers «will be lost forever» made me cynical about their claims.

The reason the memo is interesting is because on its face it would indicate that an inner circle at Heartland is completely cynical about the climate issue (and pretty much everything else).

Just as the public has become cynical about the value of news, many scientists have become cynical and fearful about journalism.

I'm just curious as to why Alphagrius is so cynical about renewable electrcity.

I have become cynical about collective ownership, but the consumption questions remain.

Some people are used to models that either give * exact * answers that must be * right *, or are simply useless, and if so, are inclined to be cynical about results of climate models.

It's hard to get cynical about the simple act of cleaning up.

Even the Head of OIE is now cynical about H5N1 threat, and that is the most alarming part.You don't wish away scietific facts with a mere two to three sentences.

It's easy to be cynical about Earth Day.

I know that politicians have to campaign to get into positions, but I do feel rather cynical about anyone who has to shout about cycling to work, or other green behavior.

I think, that if we appear more cynical about the whole thing, we have better chances of being taken serious.)

We should not be cynical about the emotions in our work — we are simply cynical about the means we have to express those emotions...

I talked to him recently and the last years that he taught, he argued essentially the opposite and he got very cynical about the art world.

She is cynical about the lasting impact of group shows generally to change the landscape.

I'm excited by the idea of «human potential», even if it is far too easy to be cynical about it.

If the American Art News was cynical about visitors» intentions or reactions, it blamed the lowbrow coverage in other publications.

He was cynical about the «spiritual qualities» of Mark Rothko's paintings.