Cynic Quote by James Gould Cozzens

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

— Bob Newhart

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the…

— H. L. Mencken

“The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged.

— John Updike

The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . .…

— George Edgar Vincent

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

— H. L. Mencken

Empathising with the younger children on whom the same confidence trick was being imposed, I embarked on a crusade around the neighbourhood, telling all…

— Barbara Smoker

“Every muscle in his body tensed for action, adrenalin pounding through his tiny veins, he crept down the stairs, keeping to the corners (where…

— Phillip Andrew Bennett Low

The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a snarl.

— Petr Skrabanek

When I found out that Santa Claus wasn't real, I wasn't upset; rather, I was relieved that there was a much simpler phenomenon to…

— Richard P. Feynman

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the…

— Chris Van Allsburg