I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics…

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a…

— Stephen Colbert

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

— Alain de Botton

“Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own lives. The vision of your true destiny does…

— Anthon St. Maarten

“Once upon a time, we were cynics facing the world alone. Our story changed into two warrior cynics facing the world together. Now, we…

— Monica Murphy

Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.

— Marilyn Ferguson

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly cynics.

— Stephen Colbert

“After I charge their brains with my own brand of skeptical electricity, I unleash them—the New Cynics—upon a world that is slowly and happily…

— Kristopher Jansma

“The Cynics emphasized that true happiness is not found in external advantages such as material luxury, political power, or good health. True happiness lies…

— Jostein Gaarder

Cynics criticize and winners analyze.

— Robert Kiyosaki

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

— H. L. Mencken

Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those…

— Oliver Stone

Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.

— Wilferd Peterson

Don't let the doom criers and the cynics persuade you that the best is past.

— Ronald Reagan

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

— Marianne Moore