A cynic is a man who, when he smells
flowers, looks around for a coffin.
?Henry Louis Mencken
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's
substitute for intelligence.
?J. Russel Lynes
Cynicism is the humor of hatred.
?Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
It is only the cynicism that is born of
success that is penetrating and valid.
?George Jean Nathan
The power of accurate observation is commonly
called cynicism by those who have not got it.
?George Bernard Shaw
Idealism is what precedes experience;
cynicism is what follows.
?David T. Wolf
Cynicism is intellectual treason.
?Norman Cousins
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and
a wise man to be clever enough not to.
?Fannie Hurst
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern
life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
?Charles Dudley Warner
A cynic is just a man who found
out when he was ten that there wasn't any
Santa Claus, and he's still upset.
?James G. Cozzens
What is a cynic? A man who knows the
price of everything, and the value of nothing.
?Oscar Wilde
I'm a hopeful cynic.
?Tracy Chapman
