(1) Inside the bitterest cynic is always a hopeless idealist.

(2) There is no such thing as a free trade deal, only self-interest, the cynic insists.

(3) You don't have to be much of a cynic to question whether loggers will really be held to their promises.

(4) As a closet cynic , I will always question their ulterior motives when they dig into their pockets and support various causes.

(5) The cynic within suggests that perhaps the status quo is driven by self interest of the major parties who benefit.

(6) An independent media source is able to be the voice of the cynic in all of us, and to ask the questions we'd all like to have answered.

(7) Call me a cynic , but I can't believe that a contemporary audience could find this anything other than comic.

(8) The cynic in her that questioned his motive had long been silenced.

(9) I admire the idealism and I hate to be a cynic , but these plans never take human motivations into account.

(10) Even such a cynic as I can't quite believe the unique blend of dishonesty and incompetence.

(11) Only a complete dyed-in-the-wool cynic would suggest the two events could be possibly related.

(12) Everyone, believer and cynic alike, was curious to know what would be said.

(13) But if we think of a Stoic like Chrysippus as deeply attracted to the Cynics ' rejection of what is merely conventional, then we will find it easy to think of Chrysippus as a strict cosmopolitan.

(14) For two seasons, the football team have defied the cynics and their critics to regain and retain their status at the top of the league.

(15) If the cynics are to be believed, the attacks were stage-managed for external consumption.

(16) ÔÇÿI am Diogenes the Cynic ,ÔÇÖ replied the philosopher.

(17) He won gold and then confounded the cynics beating the top two Americans within the next couple of weeks.

(18) The performance did not quite convince the cynics , nor some of his closest colleagues in the diplomatic service.

(19) The allegory was used by the cynic Antisthenes, a contemporary of Plato, and Diogenes the Cynic .

(20) The result gave the lie to cynics who suggested the result was a foregone conclusion.