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Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they`ve been hurt, they`re sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that`s protecting this tiny, dear part in them that`s still alive.

- Jeff Bridges

Don`t confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything`s gonna be all right.

- George Carlin

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

- Robert Anton Wilson

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We`ve shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

- Mark Warner

It`s hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

- Molly Ivins

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

- Henry Louis Mencken

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy