Some cynics, though, say that it is futile to make arguments for good policy.
But new technology that allows airlines to survey passengers in-flight may someday prove the cynics wrong.
Cynics are advised to recall what Kenneth Olsen, founder of minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp.
Failure is not an option. (Applause.) This is not a time for cynics.
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And cynics will take the message too far, justifying every kind of deviousness and inflexibility.
Now is the time for the cynics and told-ya-sos to rush in and demand a correction.
Cynics may point to the very real political and ideological divides in our nation.
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Looking reasonable, say cynics, is a ruse to discourage investment in shale reserves and alternative pipelines.
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Up to a point, the cynics are doubtless right: politicians and self-interest go together.
"Cynics are saying that the real intent is to prevent MPs' expenses being revealed" he added.
Cynics claimed this was a surreptitious way to undermine greenery, but they have been proved wrong.
Cynics will dismiss Sir Rod's effort as just another in a long line of reports.
Cynics say Mr Suharto wants to salvage the huge fortunes he and his family have amassed.
And despite what the cynics say, history teaches us that there is a different path.
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And cynics noted a lack of warmth or specifics in her praise of her young rival.
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Cynics note that the police have shot almost 500 Jamaicans in the past two years.
The months that have followed have done little to assuage the cynics' doubts about the profession.
The cynics dismissed us as a lot of hype and a little too much hope.
The attached abstract (apparently distributed at ISEF) answers some questions while raising new questions for the cynics.
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But cynics also saw an echo of Mr Putin's first state-of-the-nation address as president in July 2000.
But they have now come far enough to be able to thumb their noses at the cynics.
Cunning, and a good test of an artists ink-based handiwork, or -- call us cynics -- photoshop skills.
Cynics may ask how a social network for two differs from simply sending text messages back and forth.
If such a conservative operator is eyeing commodities, cynics say, then a correction must be close at hand.
But it did stop the war and, fragile though it is, has already exposed the cynics as naive.
This desire could prompt it to start behaving better, but cynics suspect that it will merely pretend to.
Cynics will argue that, since money is fungible, the crooked and corrupt will always find a tax haven.
All in all, the logistical smoothness of the operation astounded even veteran cynics.
Today, the men and women in this plant are proving these cynics wrong.
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Cynics mutter that this is just a variant of jam tomorrow, but for the moment no one really knows.
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