Cynic Quote by Boy George

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

— William Goldman

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 part in…

— Jeff Bridges

No one is more romantic than a cynic. I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism…

— Nora Ephron

“A cynic is just a wounded romantic.”

— Pamela Jaye Smith

“Cynics are spoiled romantics. They are always the ones who had the highest expectations at the start. They were once so naïve themselves that…

— Lionel Shriver

Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.

— Glenn Beck

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

— Mason Cooley

The joy and the pain for me is about tightroping between being a cynic and being a romantic - the tug between barely believing…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

“Beneath every cynic there's a frustrated romantic.”

— Peter Bishop

Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.

— Simon Singh

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

— Nicholas Sparks

Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky