Curmudgeon Quote by James Gibbons Download Open image “I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.” — James Gibbons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Curmudgeon Humor Inspirational Love
I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same. — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, and has the nerve to point out unpleasant facts and takes the trouble to impale these sins on the skewer of humor and roast them over the fires… — Edward Abbey Copy Share
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a "surly, illmannered, badtempered fellow." ... Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous. — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue. — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died… — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes… — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met. — Bill Fitch Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, and has the nerve to point out unpleasant facts and takes the trouble to impale these sins on the skewer of humor and roast them over the fires… — Edward Abbey Copy Share
But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
It suddenly dawned on me one day, when I was reading in the paper about a woman wrestler, that being a curmudgeon was the… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
Gu was a worrier, a neurotic curmudgeon. If he had a headache, it was a brain tumor; if it looked like rain, this year's harvest was ruined. This was his way of controlling the situation, his lifelong strategy for always coming out ahead. Now, when reality looked more dire than any of his fatalisitic predictions, he had no choice but… — Max Brooks Copy Share
Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
I really liked playing [Wilson]. I started to really - I mean, I think the thing about him is he's not really a curmudgeon,… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
My generation didn't face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That's why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn't know if we could live up to his standards. But… — Bill Maher Copy Share
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it. — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
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