Clement Freud Quotes

Whining is just unbecoming.

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.

Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!

We've turned into a whining society.

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

I can't stand whining.

French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

If you're 90 and look good in a mini-skirt, go for it. What is 'age appropriate'? Such nonsense. My mother lived to 106, so what's middle-age? Seventy is the new 50.

Nobody wants a complainer.

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.

Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.

My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more.

You should not complain, it's not attractive.

I don't want to be like the angry old guy in the corner who is always ranting and raving about the same things - but I don't mind doing that just a little bit!

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.

Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back, comforted by the thought that soon they would be dead.

You can't be a winner if you're a whiner...wiener.

Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.

Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.