Sour Disposition Quotes

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.

He [Calvin Coolidge] looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.

February is for curmudgeons, whinge-bags, and misanthropes. You can't begrudge us one month of the year or blame us for being even crabbier, it's so short. There is nothing good about it, which is why it's so great.

I like to be depressing. I feel it's my duty to make everyone a little less happy. You know that line in the Declaration of Independence, "the pursuit of happiness"? I've come to think that it has no meaning at all. You cannot pursue happiness. And to think that this bad little sentence has determined our lives.

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?

The worst thing in the world is a bitter woman. That's one thing about your mother, she's never been bitter.

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

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

I don't see the point of grumpy people.