List of Famous Cynicism Quotes in English

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

- Lily Tomlin Quotes

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

- Quotes by Oscar Wilde

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.

- Peggy Noonan Quotes

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt… Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

- Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.

- Sidney J. Harris Quotes

Never be a Cynic, even a gentle one.  Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

- Vachel Lindsay Quotes

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

- Cynicism Quotes by David T. Wolf

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

- Cynicism Quotes by David T. Wolf

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

- Cynicism Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

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

- Cynicism Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman Quotes

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman Quotes

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

- Cynicism Quotes by H. L. Mencken

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

- Cynicism Quotes by H. L. Mencken

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

- Cynicism Quotes by Jean Rostand

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

- Cynicism Quotes by Jean Rostand