What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
I'm an old cynic.
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything."
I am not a cynic.
Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?
Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.
I'm a hopeful cynic.
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real girl that's in real womanlike situations, where it's romanticized, I'm a little nervous about it.