35 Quotes About Being Cranky

How you respond to others can leave them feeling insecure and sensitive about the things you said. Here are some great quotes about being cranky that will encourage you to be mindful of how you treat others.

“As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That’s why there’s all those cranky character actors. I’m an exception. I’m a sweetheart.”

“As you set off into the world, don’t be afraid to question your leaders. But don’t ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky.”

“At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.”

“Excruciating agony makes me cranky.”

“For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I’ve never looked back on it with anything but joy.”

“Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong.”

“I can be a bit grumpy. I’m full of angst, and hormones.”

“I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.”

“I get annoyed with rushing. Then I get in a bad mood – I’m so cranky. I hate being late.”

“I get cranky real easily. So the honor of it and the wonder of it all and everything has a hard time overcoming the petty annoyances; I mean, that’s simply the reality of being alive, I guess.”

“I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.”

“I get very cranky when interrupted. I snap at people, sigh dramatically and slam my door shut.”

“I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I’m forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they choose to believe.”

“I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.”

“I love food. I’m a complete foodie. I love to cook. I find it very hard to say no to food. I get grumpy if I don’t get food.”

“I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I’m a grouchy writer, of course I have friends whose books are doing way better than mine.”

“If I don’t eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky – not a good combination when you’re a television host.”

“I’m a girl of extremes. When I love something, I’m like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I’m cranky, I’m a wasp (like a whole hive of ’em). And when I’m angry, I’m a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.”

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

“I’m horrible in the mornings. I’m grumpy.”

“I’m not a dictator. It’s just that I have a grumpy face.”

“I’m not really wise. But I can be cranky.”

“I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it.”

“I’m starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else.”

“Maybe there’s a perception of me as grumpy old bugger who suffers from depression. It’s a total misconception. I don’t think of myself as any grumpier than the next person. I’m not even grumpy first thing in the morning.”

“Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.”

“Normally, I’m a grumpy old man – whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.”

“That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park.”

“The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine.”

“The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies.”

“There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!”

“When I was at graduate school, you wouldn’t have recognized me. I was so different – and not a nice person: a grumpy, surly, upset, confused, lost person.”

“You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face.”

“You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.”

“Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.”

Dealing with a cranky person can require a certain level of understanding and patience.