I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying. — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
I know how tempting such cynicism may be. But I still think the cynics are wrong. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Bah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
America is a nation of believers, dreamers and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics, and cynics. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Don't listen to the cynics. They were wrong about my generation and they were wrong about yours. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
To me the cynics are the ones in the boardrooms with the reports from the focus groups. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I've grown tired of people impersonating world-weary cynics by intoning the old saying 'My enemy's enemy is my friend' as if it… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
“After I charge their brains with my own brand of skeptical electricity, I unleash them—the New Cynics—upon a world that is slowly… — Kristopher Jansma Copy Share Image
Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I can work with skeptics - cynics are a little bit harder because they already have their mind made up. There's nothing… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
The last thing I'll say for the people that don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics, I'm sorry for you.… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Cynics build no bridges; they make no discoveries; no gaps are spanned by them. Cynics may pride themselves in being realistic in… — Paul L. McKay Copy Share Image
Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“The Cynics emphasized that true happiness is not found in external advantages such as material luxury, political power, or good health. True… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
If the world weren't such a beautiful place, we might all turn into cynics — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“He see's the world the way cynics do; Not looking for false Hope.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“optimistic people didn’t write Pulitzer Prize-winning material—grumpy, pessimistic cynics did.” — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Don't let the doom criers and the cynics persuade you that the best is past. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Perhaps he did not know himself - like all these intellectual cynics...” — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall. — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a… — Petr Skrabanek Copy Share Image
“Love doesn't always make sense. And that's the great beauty of it, the great mystery–the thing cynics who scoff at so-called 'insta-love'… — Brooke Cumberland Copy Share Image
