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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

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Lily Tomlin (1939 - )

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

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Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), The Little Foxes, 1939

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

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Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

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David T. Wolf (1943 - )

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)