“Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist”
George Carlin
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Oscar Wilde
“Cynics are well-informed optimists”
Jeff Frieden
“A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.”
George W. Bush