88 Grumpy Quotes

Following is our list of grumpy quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about grumbling.

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Famous Grumpy Quotes

I'm a grumpy old man. The older I get the more anti-social I get. — Sean Price

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag. — Dawn French

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted. - Harrison Ford

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted. — Harrison Ford

I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it. — Ned Beatty

I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones. — Nicholas Hoult

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky. — Andy Griffith

I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards. — Jenny Eclair

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch. — Hume Cronyn

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed. — T. E. Lawrence

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions. — Nick Cave

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at? — Margaret Smith

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. - Cato The Elder

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. — Cato The Elder

You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism. — Warren Ellis

I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic. — Michael Haneke

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. - Oscar Wilde

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde

Short Grumpy Quotes

  • A bad website is like a grumpy salesperson. — Jakob Nielsen
  • Some men just want to watch the world burn — Michael Caine
  • If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead. — Robert Kirkman
  • I think you're the grumpy Kid in the Hall, I'm the nice Kid in the Hall. — Bruce McCulloch
  • The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet. — Banksy
  • It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women. — Penelope Wilton
  • Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself. — Frank Bruno
  • I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible. — Bruno Tonioli
  • You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face. — Jimmy Carr
  • I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn. — Michael Wilbon

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I'm Not Grumpy Quotes

For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine. — Robert Fulghum

Tigerkit was nagging his mother. "Why can't I go out?" "You've just come in." "But it's a sunny day." "You need a nap." "I'm not tired." "You will be later." "I'll sleep then." "But you'll be grumpy all afternoon if you don't nap now." "No, I won't." "Yes, you will. — Erin Hunter

I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face. — Augusto Pinochet

Hopefully I'm not a grumpy old guy sitting in the corner, yelling at people and demanding things. — George W. Bush

Some people have told me that I'm grumpy; it's not something that I'm aware of. It's not like I walk around poking children in the eye... not very small ones, anyway. — Dylan Moran

By the way, six A.M.? Not a real great time for me; you know, I'm a comic. I get off work at two. Six A.M., I'm a little grumpy. Six A.M., I'm a little P.O.ed. Six A.M., I'm like a vampire with a paper route. — Christopher Titus

I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war. — Jason Mraz

I'm a big kid. I never lost my childlike appreciation of things. Too many people lock it out and throw their toys away and say, okay, I'm gonna grow up and be grumpy and miserable and not think about the magical side of things anymore -- and I can't seem to stop doing that. — Andy Partridge

Grumbling Quotes

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr

Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be much safer, while we've got them here—" "Ares," Poseidon interrupted, "they are worthy heroes. We will not blast my son to bits." "Nor my daughter," Zeus grumbled. "She has done well. — Rick Riordan

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. — John Henry Jowett

What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one. — Catherine Booth

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us. — Oliver Goldsmith

The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride — Greek Proverbs

Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful. — Billy Graham

Jason muttered "And I saw something...Really terrible." "That was Hera," Thalia grumbled, "Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon." "That's it, Thalia Grace," Said the goddess. "I will turn you into and aardvark, so help me-" "Stop it, you two," Piper said. Amazingly, they both shut up. — Rick Riordan

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More Grumpy Quotes

Why do ppl think shredded abs = health? It you are grumpy, fatigued, & have a bad relationship with food but have abs are you truly healthy? — Layne Norton

I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail. — Michael Graves

I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough. — Johnny Vegas

You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals. — Chris Cooper

I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities. — Frans de Waal

Ramadan typically brings a spike in violence in Middle East. I get grumpy when I don't eat - but I don't blow things up. Religion of peace? — Sayings

One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical, grumpy one, because you have to live in the same world either way, and if you're hopeful, you have more fun. — Barbara Kingsolver

I like to have everything smiley and happy for my husband. Men don't want to see a grumpy face at the end of a hard day. — Nita Ambani

Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they are adequately tested-and you're not only unpleasantly grumpy, but also closed to the advance of science. A judicious mix is what we need. — Carl Sagan

I've thought about living the koala's life, but you may need to petition the government quarantine rules to make it happen. Quarantine would make me extra grumpy. — Grumpy Cat

Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding. — Madonna Ciccone

The method of science, as stodgy and grumpy as it may seem, is far more important than the findings of science. — Carl Sagan

The brain's preferred source of fuel is glucose/carbohydrates. And when you go on a low-carb/high-protein diet, your brain is using low-octane fuel. You'll be a little groggy, a little grumpy. — Jack LaLanne

I'm easy going for the most part but sometimes in the morning if I didn't sleep well I can be kind of grumpy. But my grumpiness doesn't have that much to do with my dissatisfaction with my station in life. — Morgan Freeman

I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure. — Zadie Smith

I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don't think I'm grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent vision. I am a purposeful person. But on a daily basis, I think I'm other than grumpy. I think it is a case where I am coming to do business and not there just to be flattered and cajoled and used. — Harrison Ford

Discussing the possibilities of extraterrestrial life: I would love it even if they were short, sullen, grumpy and sexually obsessed. But there just isn't any good evidence. — Carl Sagan

Normally, in anything I do, I'm fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity, between the platonic ideal of the project that was living in my head, and the small, sad, wizened, shaking, squeaking thing that I actually produce. — Neil Gaiman

If you just read Leviticus on the surface, you may think it's just a bunch of grumpy irrelevant rules; but, it's actually the way God gave his people access to himself. — Jennifer Rothschild

Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life. — Jon Katz

I don't like guys my age because they are normally either married or divorced and grumpy, fat and balding. — Madonna Ciccone

Anna Petrovna (to Shabelsky): You can't make a simple joke without an injection of venom. You are a poisonous man. Joking apart, Count, you're very poisonous. It's hideously boring to live with you. You're always grumpy, complaining, you find everyone bad, good for nothing. Tell me frankly, Count, did you ever speak well of anyone? — Anton Chekhov

The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine. — Judy Horacek

Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you. — Ann Brashares

There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it. — Michael Bay

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing. — Dylan Moran

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