Colored glass Quote by Rick Bayan

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

— Ambrose Bierce

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

— Carolyn Wells

You know, anyone who wears glasses, in one sense or another, is a cyborg.

— Evgeny Morozov

Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.

— Ambrose Bierce

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

— Irving Layton

Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better…

— Tamora Pierce

It never gets old watching someone receive their first pair of glasses and regain their vision and their life.

— Neil Blumenthal

“A cynic is a frustrated idealist.”

— Al Ruksenas

People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.

— Lee Child

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

— Mark Clifton

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

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

— Susan Elia MacNeal