A cynic is someone who refuses to trust and believe. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Goulston, M.D.: Electorate 2010 -- "Cynics 'R' Us"] Reference
"An unregistered cynic is the phrase I would use," he said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - McEnroe to trade volleys with talk show guests] Reference
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
“A cynic is a man who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing.”. From Wordnik.com. [More cynical sniping at Twitter costs « pwcom 2.0] Reference
I often tell my students a cynic is a disappointed idealist. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
A cynic is a man who is morally near-sighted, -- and brags about it. From Wordnik.com. [The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities] Reference
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. From Wordnik.com. [LewRockwell.com] Reference
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye. From Wordnik.com. [Are we having Fund yet?] Reference
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.". From Wordnik.com. [tygerland.net] Reference
And he's something of a cynic, which is never a good thing to be, but he is. From Wordnik.com. [Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog] Reference
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Big Picture] Reference
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." uk |. From Wordnik.com. [tygerland.net] Reference
That’s what I get for listening to a certain cynic instead of “the news.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » RE: THE MAYOR AS MOVER] Reference
Diogenes the cynic was a wise man for despising them; but a fool for showing it. From Wordnik.com. [Selected English Letters]
Any satirist might in the same way be called a cynic in so far as his satire goes. From Wordnik.com. [Thackeray] Reference
The author at India Uncut in a related article titled A cynic and an optimist writes. From Wordnik.com. [The Cynical Optimist, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
One definition of a cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Harris: Predators in the Book Biz] Reference
It isn't pleasant being labelled a cynic, a misanthrope, bitter, any of the things they call me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
As Oscar Wilde said, "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Maybe i am a cynic but then as the saying goes the cynic is the idealist who has been disappointed. From Wordnik.com. [Botswana Democratic Party Splits] Reference
I should have used the spelling "cynic" in my first message. From Wordnik.com. [Ok, I have read this thing for over a year..............I'm coming anyway!] Reference
Last week Senator Lindsey Graham called Glenn Beck a "cynic" and the Birthers "crazy.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: Organizing to Stop Far Right Violence] Reference
Adding "cynic" to the search string finds the post from here last year as the first result though. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Us Safe!] Reference
The cynic is an enthusiast gone sour. From Wordnik.com. [The Qualities Which Go To Make A Good Citizen of the Empire] Reference
Maybe, but you've got to be some kind of cynic to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Monitor] Reference
I might ge tempted to insert the word "cynic" in place of "pragmatist". From Wordnik.com. [One Man & His Blog] Reference
He has taken the measure of evil, and, like that other Austrian "cynic,". From Wordnik.com. [Movie City News] Reference
And yes: a cynic is a wounded idealist. From Wordnik.com. ["The biggest question is how far can Democrats go in opposing this president?"] Reference
I do not think you are quite sure what a 'cynic' is. ". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Isaacs] Reference
About his own challenge, McCarthy is an optimist and a cynic. From Wordnik.com. [These Clients Aren't Fools] Reference
Long Washington experience has made Biden a political realist, if not a bit of a cynic. From Wordnik.com. [An Inconvenient Truth Teller] Reference
He was a slick New Yorker joining earnest Texans, a jaded cynic in a rodeo of optimists. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: A President's Primers] Reference
The cynic might say the difference after November 7 is whether we will be bushwhacked or gored. From Wordnik.com. [The Word From Abroad] Reference
On C-Span, in The Nation and as editor of the journal The Baffler, Frank is a leading Gen-X cynic. From Wordnik.com. [The Century Club] Reference
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