Agony Quote by Julie Burchill

It's the cynics who never get married.

— Jay McInerney

Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.

— Anonymous

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

— Irving Layton

I had always been a cynic when it came to marriage.

— Alex Cooper

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

— Mark Clifton

“A cynic is a frustrated idealist.”

— Al Ruksenas

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

— Alain de Botton

It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the…

— Andrew Sarris

“A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.”

— Susan Elia MacNeal

“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.”

— Alain de Botton

Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

— David Wolf

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

— Peter Senge