Sentences with phrase «very cynical»

The public is very cynical about this.

Those ideas, coupled with the ridiculous attacks on the modest and demonstrably affordable fees for wills and real estate deals, have made me very cynical indeed about the real motivations of many ABS supporters.

I'm getting very cynical.

I don't think your position is very cynical; I think «realistic» is probably a better description.

«In a very cynical way, it's a triumph for science because at last we have stabilized something --- namely the estimates for the carrying capacity of the planet, namely below 1 billion people,» said Dr. Schellnhuber, who has advised German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate policy and is a visiting professor at Oxford.

«It's very cynical.

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.

You could even, if you were very, very cynical read it as Aonuma saying «I hope you're looking forward to these kinds of Zelda games because I don't want to make them».

Then I remember that I'm very cynical and that so many people become complete (for lack of a better word) assholes when connected to a virtual world and I see no end to advertisements presented as legitimate entertainment, offensive hardcore porn plastered all over virtual apartments, players who log off when about to lose a game (casual game or actual big budget title), some players insulting others with crude and racist language, other players attempting to seduce the younger avatars, and the eventual «hack» that allows players to create anatomically correct naked avatars for the sake of harassing others.

There is very dodgey investment advice out there, and I have been burnt by their «expertise» and became very cynical.

It's a very cynical trick for an «agent» to recommend a «publisher» who suggests self - publishing «because, you know, you've got to «prove» your book is any good before we'll take you on.»

«This was a very cynical statement that she doesn't believe teachers and schools can make a difference in high - poverty areas,» says Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston, a former teacher and principal whose sweeping tenure - reform law is a national model.

The screenplay by Garrett Lerner and Eric Garcia (based on his novel) gives Remy's story from his own words, typed as an exposé to the company's ruthless ways while he's on the run with fellow delinquent buyer Beth (Alice Braga), and it's a voice - over without much to say but a very cynical way to do so (not to mention a definite misunderstanding of the point of Schrödinger's cat).

Clouzot, one of the kings of French noir, grips and thrills and teases us with this dark - hued, very cynical and very smart murder mystery about a suave inspector (Pierre Fresnay of «Grand Illusion») pursuing a serial killer.

To me, there's a very cynical attitude of, «Oh, it's about young people, so we'll do it hand - held on a 5D, or make it like a found - footage movie.»

The film is also very cynical about relationships and women.

I can be very cynical and sarcastic.

It is a very cynical approach.

«You get in the system, and you become very cynical,» explains Northwestern University legal journalist Rob Warden.

Mr Brown had a «very cynical view of mankind and his colleagues», he added.»

«The public is very, very cynical about government performance,» he said.

You might be very cynical about that.

Judge Caproni said that there had been an «incalculable, intangible harm» to the people of New York, and that the cumulative effect of public corruption «makes the public very cynical.»

I'm not sure Helen Jones really enjoyed being a whip — she is almost permanently tired and in the case of most MPs who serve in the office, becomes very cynical about the behaviour and motivation of colleagues.

So, sorry, whilst I don't as a matter of unconditional principal, deny that sometimes «devolution» can be inevitable (eg, Wales and Scotland), even desirable, but as with the very cynical, divide and rule, and destroy, motivation behind the regionalisation of the NHS, and the current «Northern Powerhouse» structures which draw Labour politicians into Austerity collaboration at an intimate local level, there is very little to be said in the favour of most «devolutionary» developments today from a radical socialist perspective.

As Nick Clegg — once the voters had thrown him out of government — said himself, Osborne's behaviour was «very unattractive, very cynical»; for him, welfare «was just a bottomless pit of savings, and it didn't really matter what the human consequences were», it was just a means to boost his party's popularity.

Having a different approach to Alastair Campbell «Because he was spoon - feeding certain journalists so much, that makes you very cynical about those journalists but it also makes you treat the rest with contempt.

In a candid interview looking back on his five years as deputy prime minister in the Tory - Lib Dem coalition, Clegg said he found the behaviour of his senior Conservative partner «very unattractive, very cynical».

A lot of Americans on both sides have a very cynical and distrustful view of politicians, seeing them as detached elites with little - to - no real experience

The Brexit policy he is pursuing is either very cynical or highly strategic.

The word itself is fairly neutral and descriptive, but too often populist politicians combine high levels of personal ambition with a very cynical approach towards achieving their goals.

Ms Selleger, you said that we are very cynical.

I find that you are very cynical in your speech.

Oh, all of you... I guess I am very cynical — and skeptical — of my fellow Americans... mostly our leaders.

Anybody who thinks the German star got banned on purpose to continue his tradition of a winter break must be very cynical indeed.

Then that very same night Arsenal played Reading in the League Cup and their defender Danzell Gravenberch made a very cynical tackle on Lucas Perez, and given him ankle ligament damage.

Albeit it would be a huge step in the right direction, I am very cynical of Wenger coming out of his defensive mentality and totally revamping Arsenal's style that, despite bringing them just 1 trophy in nine long years, has served them reasonably well.

I remember when I went through my seminary training and became very cynical and critical of the church and Christianity and couldn't find a church anywhere that I was happy with or comfortable in.

He could be very cynical about religious beliefs and practices, all of which the family valued very highly.

The timing release is very cynical, lots of free advertising from paranoid Christians for LaGaGa.

I am not very unlike you, very cynical of the modern culture of the «church», but I have found, for me, that to fixate on the problems of the church does not seem to build the Lingdom of God.

after I learn to control my anger, started watching people to figuring out why they do what they do — then I started studying history, and when you stand back and look at humanity and its history, a pattern emerges... and it can make one very cynical.

«Cynicism for me, if I didn't have belief in a God who loves me, I would be a very cynical man.

Not exact matches

It's very easy for this kind of thinking to be reduced to cynical tactics that cover up old business practices with new, friendlier terminology, but when it's done right, it's obvious.

I think for us, the reason that we ultimately chose to make that decision is that we live in a very sceptical and cynical world, and we function and live in a culture and in a time when people are wary of leaders, pastors and organisations; that there's a sense of duplicity or lack of transparency.

After a lot of research, interactionand connecting the dots I have come to the conclusion that atheists are very ungratful, cynical and suffer from some form of heightened superior intellect... in a nutshell they are fools... a fool saith in his heart there is no God.In a life changing moment why do they cry «my God»... why

My broken heart — cynical, jaded, frustrated, angry, wounded — somehow exhaled at the very mention of his name.»

Some years ago, when I was teaching at a theological seminary in South Africa, I had a very peculiar experience; as with the bear in James Thurber's «bear that could take it or leave it alone,» the experience was somewhat more frightening to my colleagues than is my normal, somewhat cynical self.

My father and I in particular, both very skeptical and somewhat cynical individuals, often joke about what astute atheists we would be if not for our christian faith.

You seem to be a very sarcastic and cynical individual who likes name - calling rather than dealing directly with the facts.