Best Cynic Sayings

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There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual… — Craig Ferguson
The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. — Matt LeBlanc
Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. It's… — David Hyde Pierce
Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of… — Zubin Mehta
I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world..… — Walid Jumblatt
The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature. — Jon Snow
The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized cynic to do… — H P Lovecraft
Loss either teaches you to persist in the face of suffering, or hardens you into a bitter cynic. Sometimes, it does a little of both. — Grace Slick
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is… — John Bolton
In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style. — Criss Jami
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left… — Sydney J. Harris
People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very,… — Penn Jillette
Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid… — John F. Kennedy
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. — H. L. Mencken
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there… — H. L. Mencken
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. — H. L. Mencken
Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. — Helen Rowland
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. — Eric Hoffer
Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin
…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed... — Sharon Kay Penman
[in the]..curious way that my idealism has been mixed with my fatalism, so that I can possess the soul of a dreamer and that of… — Anais Nin
You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute. — Jim Butcher
No man ever raised a monument to a cynic or wrote a poem about a man without faith. — Louis L'Amour

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