Cynic Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.

— Ellen Glasgow

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

Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers…

— Julian Baggini

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

— Bell Hooks

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

— Stephen Colbert

“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the…

— Stephen Colbert

Cynicism is no more mature than naïveté. You're no more mature, just more burned.

— Karl Marlantes

Every so often, you come across a member of the younger generation who makes you think, 'Well, perhaps the future's going to be OK…

— Allison Pearson

I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which…

— Laura Marling

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

— Fay Weldon

It may sound trite, but young people really are the future.

— Jane Goodall

The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to…

— Paul Wellstone