Alive Quote by Jeff Bridges

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

— William Goldman

Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

— Boy George

“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

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

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

— Glenn Beck

“I think cynicism is more enduring than sentimentality.”

— Alexander Payne

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

— Peter Bishop

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

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 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

“The romantics would call this a love story:the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it's a little bit of both, and…

— Nicholas Sparks