Pessimism Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

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

— Anonymous

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

— Alain de Botton

“A cynic is a frustrated idealist.”

— Al Ruksenas

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

— Susan Elia MacNeal

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

— Irving Layton

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

— Alain de Botton

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

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their…

— Joyce Brothers

No one more cynical than an idealist.

— Tanith Lee

Too often people view idealists as naive.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

“Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn. ”

— Jayce O'Neal