Grumpily Quotes

#1. I don't know if power seduces less or more. I think power is a constant evolving mechanism that, since the dawn of time, on one level corrupts and on another level does not. But I think, no matter what, mutates.

Nicolas Winding Refn

#2. Put a person like this with four developing children and you're gonna need more than love poems and ice sculpture to stay afloat. Trust me. So. So, we're done here.

Joshua Braff

#3. Zee said, grumpily, "Liebling, this is not a good idea."
"Zee," I told him, "I am completely out of good ideas and am doing my best with the bad ones I have left.

Patricia Briggs

#4. The morning star isn't a stat," Clary said grumpily. It's a planet. I learned that in astronomy class."
"Mundane education is regrettably prosaic," said Jace.

Cassandra Clare

#5. Are you alright?"
"No, I bumped my head." Rubbing the spot, I looked dazedly around the bare hallway.
"What did I bang it on?" I demanded ungrammatically.
"My head." he said, rather grumpily, I thought.

Diana Gabaldon

#6. What are we doing?" she asked, locking her hands around his neck. "I'm ruining you," he said unflinchingly, "for anyone else.

Katy Regnery

#7. Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.

Max Lucado

#8. If I show consideration for others," Lillian Lynburn said grumpily, "will you tell me again about how you shot my husband?"
Jon rolled his eyes. "Yes, Leigh, if you manage to approximate human behavior for half an hour, I will tell you your favorite story again.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#9. Sometimes the ladies involved give too much of themselves, sometimes not enough.

Dusty Springfield

#10. No man should be angry with what is true.

Plato

#11. Paige cleared her throat. "Hey, Taylor?"
"What?" she snapped.
"Um ... he ... maybe he can help us?"
"He doesn't seem very helpful," Taylor said grumpily.

Embee

#12. I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.

Leslie Caron

#13. I did not regret it at the time and I don't regret it now. I have never felt a moment's regret.

Reggie Kray

#14. Great Leadership sometimes requires taking a step backward in order to take a leap forward.

Todd Stocker

#15. As a composer, Dylan now fits comfortably alongside George Gershwin or Irving Berlin, though he grumpily refuses to wear any man's collar.

Douglas Brinkley

#16. The most elementary of good manners ... at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics.

Laura Esquivel

#17. I'm not interested in being a "lover." I'm interested in only being love.

Ram Dass

#18. He rose grumpily, fell to the floor, and crawled. I looked at his exposed butt crack, a dark unkempt abyss that I was falling into. I was short of breath. I felt paralyzed. His asshole was a canyon. This was my 127 hours. I needed to chip away at the rock and get out.

Amy Schumer

#19. Jesus. I have become the thing they call the third wheel.

Kendare Blake

#20. Link to your competitors and say nice things about them. Remember, you're part of an industry.

Robert Scoble