A Quote by Edward Abbey

I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a "surly, illmannered, badtempered fellow." ... Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, the pretenses and evasions of euphemism, 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 of empiric fact, common sense, and native intelligence. In this nation of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, it then becomes an honor to be labeled curmudgeon.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
American - Author
January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.

Paul Fussell

I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.

James Gibbons

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

Edward Abbey

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

I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it.

Jonathan Frid

In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.

V. S. Naipaul

This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it.

Stacy Keach

I'm a bit of a curmudgeon. I don't like Valentine's Day and New Year's and Halloween.

Thomas Middleditch

I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.

Bill Keller

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

People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.

James Garner

The easy path of aging is to become a thick-skinned, unbudging curmudgeon, a battle-ax. To grow soft and sweet is the harder way.

James Hillman

In fact, I am so happy to be turning 40 and finally having a reason to take responsibility for my own behavior. It's also worked for me in terms of my physical appearance and emotional make-up and people entrusting me to bring the things a role deserves. I don't know whether that's depth or being a curmudgeon or what.

Josh Brolin

I really liked playing [Wilson]. I started to really - I mean, I think the thing about him is he's not really a curmudgeon, he's very gregarious. And he's a people person.

Woody Harrelson

I love playing a curmudgeon. I just love playing a sour guy.

Zach Galifianakis

He's a very sweary sort of bad tempered curmudgeon of a man. That's the joy of my dad, that he's not a conventional nice grandpa, or indeed a conventional nice dad.

David Baddiel

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