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I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything."

I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

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.

The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

I'm an old cynic.

My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

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

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.