Quotes by Cynic Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Ambrose Bierce cynic vision cynicism Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up. Boy George cynic disappointed Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards. Carl Icahn cynic boards democracy You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist. David Eddings cynic majesty realist A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. David Gemmell cynic inclination hero If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic. Ed Stetzer cynic leader giving We shall build on. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy cynic persistence I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. George Carlin cynic realist thinking It is good to be a cynic - it is better to be a contented cat - and it is best not to exist at all. H. P. Lovecraft cynic existence cat Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. Helen Rowland cynic jest wit Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle. Hugh Jackman cynic middle lying Idealist: a cynic in the making. Irving Layton cynic ideals idealist A beardless cynic is the shame of nature. John Milton cynic shame cynicism The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything." John W. Gardner cynic business men A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged. John Updike cynic kind No man ever raised a monument to a cynic or wrote a poem about a man without faith. Louis L'Amour cynic raised men The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. Matt LeBlanc cynic cynical cynicism What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market place of any single thing. Oscar Wilde cynic absurd men The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Paul Hawken cynic dreamer world An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. Peter Drucker cynic realist should 12»