Sentences with phrase «sounding cynical»

«There should never be a hierarchy presented in the cultural sector which says «I privilege this thing over another» because that's not what we're doing... Without sounding cynical, I really hope it [the Turner prize] won't change my life and that things will continue as they are.»

Though they are pitching the product at a wide potential user base, forgive me for sounding cynical when I say that this is Nintendo's biggest effort yet to penetrate the female market.

Then again, at the risk of sounding cynical, maybe it's a perfect game for a Trump presidency.

At the risk of sounding cynical, Snowden sounds more likely to be a hammy hoot than a lean paean to truth.

At the risk of sounding cynical, will folks be crying wolf in order to re-up their Stunna and Gloss Bomb?

At the risk of sounding cynical, everything about this — including the perfect timing — suggests to me that it's being staged: 1) Labour is on course for a huge defeat 2) no - one wants to take on the leadership of the doomed party at the 11th hour 3) GB's popularity (such as it is) is at an all - time low Given that no - one else wants the job on the eve of such a crushing defeat, surely the only chance Labour have of gaining support and mounting any semblance of an election campaign is to first restore some faith in their battered leader.

At the risk of sounding cynical, «whatever gets a specific coalition elected and into majority at the time» seems like an actual answer.

That may sound cynical.

What might be useful in the cobalt cycle, and I don't want to sound cynical, but I am, would be the teams use the cobalt story to do mafic and ultramafic exploration in places like the Canadian Shield in hopes that they can actually find nickel and copper.

Boy, do I ever sound cynical and sarcastic, eh?

One does not wish to sound cynical, but robust skepticism is in order.

As you probably know, many marriage don't make it past 10 years — not to sound cynical but perhaps these marriages won't either, and perhaps for reasons that will result from the role switch; no way to know.

If I sound cynical about the redistricting process, I have a right: my first substantive political experience was working for a member of the Texas House of Representatives during a special session devoted to redrawing those precious political lines in 1992, during which at one point I quite literally walked into a smoke - filled room.

Sorry to sound cynical, but this kind of stunt is just about all that I expect from a mass - comment site like «We The People.»

«I don't want to sound cynical but I doubt if this administration will be able to...

«I don't want to sound cynical but I doubt if this administration will be able to put up 200 factories by 2020 by the definition of a factory», he noted.

I don't intend to insinuate ir sound cynical but rather on a mission to seek clarifications to my ununderstandings and severals minds out there who are bothered on this same issue.

Most people are very happy to talk about their work and, although it might sound cynical, they could even be looking to earn some «brownie points»: Some companies offer incentives to staff that encourage potential employees to apply to work for them.

It might sound cynical to assess someone's risk over their attractiveness in online dating, but if it helps users feel safer, the trend in this direction will continue.

It may sound cynical, but the simple word «Estate», was an experience that made me land on my feet instantly, and stood in shrill contrast compared to all the impressively austere buildings that are associated with British nobility, and could in some cases be replaced by a conventional impression of any «Ghetto».

JK: Not to sound cynical, but how far does $ 8 billion go, if the goal is to have a state - of - the - art high - speed train network like China is building?

Sorry if it sounds cynical, but I've come to believe that the secret to selling a million books is getting other desperate writers to buy your book on how to sell a million books.

Be amusing, be caring (or at least appear to care — sorry, did that sound cynical?)

No budget, but they still had an agenda:) My attitude might sound cynical, but the population as a whole is just as skeptical when it comes to what scientists tell us.

I know this sounds cynical, but the past 20 years have illustrated that the best way to end endemic slaughter is to defeat those carrying it out.

Sorry if I sound cynical today.

I don't want to sound cynical — I'm sure there's a place for solar, where it's worthwhile, especially if you can do things to store the energy, or use it for applications that are not so sensitive to changes in demand.

I hate to sound cynical, but still: Especially if they thought there was a buck in it for them.

Not exact matches

Without wanting to sound too cynical, starting at low levels will mean challenges for salespeople in getting access to higher levels and long sales cycles.

While that idea may sound partisan, your reasoning behind it is not, nor, moving into a cynical election year, is your unshakable entrepreneurial optimism.

A revolutionary suggestion often sounds stupid and you don't want people who make cynical remarks.

Don, Observer, do you understand what snide, cynical, sarcastic little children atheists sound like when they respond as you do?

MUNA's style may sound like it's a throwback to late - «80s radio top - 40, but there's nothing ironic or cynical about their brand of surprisingly soulful dance pop.

To someone determined to be cynical, it would have sounded sentimental, antiquated, even hokey — especially since it was sung by four young men in orange suits, faces trimmed with lush mustaches, each sporting his own unattached hand microphone.

Even to the most cynical secularist, this is bound to sound like sacrilege.

Bravest: Matt Appling with «Honk if You Hate Social Justice» Conservative Christians: The way some of you talk about social justice makes you all look like a bunch of cynical, selfish jerks... It sounds like you find the idea of social justice more abhorrant than poverty itself.

I applaud people who have chosen that path and stick to it, and I must say I find it intensely tedious to listen to those cynical «vegan - bashers» who think they are amusing as they snark away at vegans without having any idea why they are even doing so, other than being threatened by something they don't understand, or by some vague aversion they have to any spiritual - sounding practice or «liberal - hippie - sounding» philosophy.

As you say, give it a few years and you will have many more divorced women available to you, as cynical as that sounds.

The cynical injection of marketing messages into the scientific literature sounds outrageous, but abuses common in academic publishing set the stage.

Do I sound a little cynical?

As cynical as it may sound, there is little profit in getting people well, but plenty of profit in managing their sickness with drugs or dietary supplements.

I know that may sound a bit cynical and sensationalistic, but I'm not exaggerating.

charmingly cynical youll just sound like you hate yourself.

It may sound like a harsh judgement of young men — but it's sadly proven to be the norm for many young ladies, who end up frustrated and cynical about modern dating.

And, however cynical this sounds, women turned into a fast food for men, into a cheap, mainstream foodstuff for quick cooking.»

I didn't mean to sound so cynical, but when I saw all their hopes and dreams in their eyes, I just couldn't support their illusion.

It's as depressing as it sounds, and made even less appealing by his partner (Woody Harrelson), who is cynical, clinical and maybe crazy.

Micheal Keaton voices the pig himself, and sounded convincingly world - weary and cynical - Keaton putting on a deeper register for the character.

He rips up his prepared (cynical) speech and delivers an off - the - cuff one about the virtues of love, but it sounds just as canned.

At the risk of sounding overly cynical, I'll say that the speed ramping is starting to feel like a bit of a crutch for Snyder, and he's going to have to bring something more to the table story-wise if he hopes to sidestep the inevitable Inception comparisons.