A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

- Carolyn Wells

I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity.

- George MacDonald Fraser

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

- Irving Layton

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

- J. Paul Getty

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

- John W. Gardner

I am not a cynic.

- Kevin Costner

I'm an old cynic.

- Margot Kidder

I'm a hopeful cynic.

- Tracy Chapman