Grouchy Quotes

• Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.

  Karl E. Weick

  Strong, Attitude, Attachment

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• If chocolate were a mandatory part of breakfast, people wouldn’t be so grouchy in the morning.

  Joanne Fluke

  Morning, People, Chocolate

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• No matter how grouchy you're feeling,
  You'll find the smile more or less healing.
  It grows in a wreath
  All around the front teeth -
  Thus preserving the face from congealing.

  Anthony Euwer

  Smile, Laughter, Healing

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• A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.

  William Feather

  Leadership, Jobs, Mean

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• When we come to [work] we bring an attitude. We can bring a moody attitude and have a depressing day. We can bring a grouchy attitude and irritate our coworkers and customers. Or we can bring a sunny, playful, cheerful attitude and have a great day.

  Stephen C. Lundin

  Depressing, Attitude, Have A Great Day

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• 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.

  Sarah Vowell

  Funny, Nice, Book

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• The president of a TV network generously agreed to take his company's aptitude test, a test required of all the personnel. He did badly. As a result he was in a sullen mood for the rest of the day. When he got home that night, his wife asked why he looked so grouchy. I took the company's aptitude test this morning. What did it show? asked the wife. It showed, boomed the executive, that such tests are idiotic. That's what it showed.

  Joey Bishop

  Morning, Home, Night

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• Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.

  Karl E. Weick

  Business, Organization, Hypocritical

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• Lots of people have asked me what Gracie and I did to make our marriage work. It's simple - we don't do anything. I think the trouble with a lot of people is that they work too hard at staying married. They make a business out of it. When you work too hard at a business you get tired; and when you get tired you get grouchy; and when you get grouchy you start fighting; and when you start fighting you're out of business.

  George Burns

  Wisdom, Tired, Fighting

  George Burns (1980). “Living It Up”, Berkley

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• Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.

  Tina Fey

  Character, World, Comedy

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• I thought you were a drunk." "A drunk?" "Bloodshot eyes, dirty clothes, getting home in the wee hours of the morning, making a lot of noise, grouchy all the time as if you had a hangover… what else was I to think?" He rubbed his face. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I should have showered, shaved, and dressed in a suit before I came out to tell you that you were making enough noise to raise the dead.

  Linda Howard

  Morning, Sorry, Dirty

  Linda Howard (2012). “Mr Perfect”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• You should make her call you ‘Miss Georgina,’” added Hugh with a mocking southern drawl. “Or at least ‘ma’am.’” Niphon’s presence and Jerome’s lecture had put me in a grouchy mood. “I’m not doing any mentoring. She’s so gungho to take on the world’s male population, she doesn’t even need me.” The three men exchanged more smirks. Cody made some hissing and meowing sounds, scratching at the air. "This isn’t funny,” I said. "Sure it is,” said Cody.

  Richelle Mead

  Men, Southern Drawl, Air

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