"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." - Henry Louis Mencken

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

"A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future." - SYDNEY J. HARRIS, On the Contrary

"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth." - LILLIAN HELLMAN, The Little Foxes

"Cynicism is intellectual dandyism." - GEORGE MEREDITH, The Egoist

"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck." - JOYCE CAROL OATES, Do with Me What You Will

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." - OSCAR WILDE, Lady Windermere's Fan

"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'" - Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) 'Back to Methuselah' 1921