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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
(1939 - )
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian Hellman
(1905 - 1984)
,
The Little Foxes, 1939
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand
(1894 - 1977)
,
Journal of a Character, 1931
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
David T. Wolf
(1943 - )
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 - 1950)