I was cynical before cynical was cool

[mopaul]

I used to be so happy in my cynical uniqueness, but no more, there are cynics on every street corner and in every food mart now. i'm surrounded by cynics, sort of discomforting but also a bit encouraging.

bush has made cynics of us all.

[Ikonoklast]

1. I used to procrastinate about being apathetic....

....but tomorrow I just won't care.

[necso]

2. Ah,

but did you become wise before (or as) you became cynical?

(Cynicism without wisdom and understanding can be a distorting lens. -- I've tried it.)

[mopaul]

4. mmmmm--no.

my lens is distorted. it's from an old kaleidescope

[necso]

7. Well,

it's nice to have a colorful outlook on life.

It may even be liberal(izing).

[Why Syzygy]

3. You weren't the first .. and certainly won't be the last

:D

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin
US actress & comedienne (1939 - )

I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. One more (my favourite):

cynic - n., a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)

[ngGale]

6. So was I, now other's are becoming cynical to ...

I'm getting even worse, never believe anything without researching every news article.

[rzemanfl]

8. Yeah, and what good did it do? n/t