“Simi, why did Acheron send you here? (Astrid) To protect you from Thanatos so that your sisters don’t get all freaky and destroy the world. Or something like that. I don’t know why all of you fear the end of the world. It’s not so bad, really. At least then akri’s mama be free. Then she wouldn’t be so cranky at the Simi all the time. (Simi) Ash’s mother is still alive? (Zarek) Oh, akri get mad whenever I tell that. Bad Simi. I not talk anymore. I need food. (Simi)” KnowsWorldNeedsStillsEndsMotherAliveProtectMadAshesEnd Of The WorldMamaProtect YouFreakyCrankyThanatos Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Akri infallible. Well, except for a couple of things, and we don’t talk about those ‘cause it makes akri cranky. I like that word ‘infallible.’ It just like me. Infallible. (Simi)” WellsCausesCoupleLike MeInfallibleCranky Book:Dance With the Devil Source: Dance With the Devil
“What’ cha doing out here all alone? Did you forget how to find Sanctuary? (Simi) No. I want to be alone for a bit. (Gallagher) Why? Were the bears mean to you? Mama can get a bit cranky whenever I play with the cubs. She thinks I’m going to eat one, but bleh! They’re way too hairy. Now if she’d let me skin one, I might be interested. (Simi) Are you joking? (Gallagher) Oh no. I never joke about hairy food. (Simi)” IfsThinkingWayWantMeanPlayMightBitsForgetBearsJokesSkinsLet MeMamaSanctuaryAll AloneCubsCrankyGallagherWants To Be Alone Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Now that we were alone,i was self-conscious and cranky again.Why had i wanted to stay?if i had been programmed to want to be with dylan,heads were gonna roll,i promise you that.” IfsWantSelfWantedPromiseConsciousDylanSelf ConsciousI PromiseCranky Author:James Patterson
“Nowadays I'm really cranky about comics. Because most of them are just really, really poorly written soft-core. And I miss good old storytelling. And you know what else I miss? Super powers. Why is it now that everybody's like "I can reverse the polarity of your ions!" Like in one big flash everybody's Doctor Strange. I like the guys that can stick to walls and change into sand and stuff. I don't understand anything anymore. And all the girls are wearing nothing, and they all look like they have implants. Well, I sound like a very old man, and a cranky one, but it's true.” KnowsMenWellsLooksI CanBigsGuyGirlStuffSoundWrittenMissingStrangeWallDoctorsSticksCoreStorytellingSandOld ManFlashReverseImplantsCrankyPolaritySuper PowerIons Author:Joss Whedon
“I was so tired of her getting upset for no reason. The way she would get sulky and make references to the freaking oppressive nature of tragedy or whatever but then never said what was wrong, never have any goddamned reason to be sad. And I just think you ought to have a reason. My girlfriend dumped me, so I'm sad. I got caught smoking, so I'm pissed off. My head hurts, so I'm cranky. She never had a reason, Pudge. I was just so tired of putting up with her drama. And I just let her go. Christ.” ThinkingWaySaidReasonChristHurtOughtDramaTragedyTiredCaughtUpsetGirlfriendSmokingNo ReasonMy GirlfriendPissed OffDumpedCrankyI'm SadLet Her GoPudgeSulky Author:John Green
“Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the tranquility of our soul: the barking dog that robs you of sleep, the heat of summer, the cold of winter. Forgive the ingrown toenail, the flea that bites; forgive the cranky child, wrinkles, a forgotten birthday.” ChildrenSoulDoneSleepEnemyDogColdSummerForgivenessForgivingWinterForgottenHeatBitesTranquilityWrinklesFleasCrankyBarking DogsToenails Author:Barbara Wood
“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.” IfsTelevisionWork OutCombinationHostCranky Author:Lara Spencer
“Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody.” MenWantFeelsHomeTurnsFatherSticksFoolishSensibleCranky Book:My çntonia Source: My çntonia
“I would like to hear Elliot Carter's Fourth String Quartet, if only to discover what a cranky prostate does to one's polyphony.” IfsDoeMusicalStringsFourthCarterQuartetsCrankyProstateString QuartetsPolyphony Author:James Sellars
“"More fun than a barrel of monkeys." Has anyone ever stopped to think how cranky, if not downright vicious, a barrelful of monkeys would be, especially once released from the barrel?” IfsThinkingWould BeFunnyFunSmartCleverMonkeysViciousBarrelsCranky Author:Tom Shales
“So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?” IfsBodyRunningThreeAcceptingHellWillingConscienceAncientGuiltyWhat IfRunning AwayNinetyCircusWrecksAccept MeGuilty ConscienceCranky Author:Sara Gruen
“But I like being nasty. I like being cranky. Especially if it's a cold day in Chicago, it's nice to just take it out on Kyle, because he's so easy to scream at, you know?” IfsKnowsEasyNiceColdChicagoScreamBeing NiceNastyNice DayCrankyCold Days Author:Fisher Stevens
“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.” WorldHardAsksLeaderTiredOne TimeFunny GraduationCranky Author:Will Ferrell
“Everybody should espouse three or four harmless crank theories for the pure pleasure of having something harmless to be cranky about. And when a theory of this sort proves correct, it is a true moment for celebration.” ShouldMomentsThreePleasureFourTheoryPureProveCelebrationCrankCranky Author:Alexei Panshin
“For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but joy.” JoyPathIndependentRight PathCranky Author:Betty Fussell
“Fossey, Fossey, you cranky difficult strong-arming self-destructive misanthrope, mediocre scientist, deceiver of earnest college students, probable cause of more deaths of the gorillas than if you had never set foot in Rwanda, Fossey, you pain-in-the-ass saint, I do not believe in prayers or souls, but I will pray for your soul, I will remember you for all of my days, in gratitude for that moment by the graves when all I felt was the pure, cleansing sadness of returning home and finding nothing but ghosts.” IfsBelieveSoulSelfMomentsHomePainRememberStrongFeltCausesDifficultPrayerSadnessFeetStudentsCollegePrayingGratitudePureFindingsScientistSaintGravesGhostAssYour SoulDestructiveThat MomentMediocreEarnestRemember YouRemembers YouCleansingSelf DestructiveGorillasCollege StudentsRwandaDeceiverCrankyMisanthropePraying For YouReturning HomeProbable CauseI Will Remember You Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Tai chi is the one exercise that can universally help solve our growing health crisis. It has stood the test of thousands of years. We have a generation of baby boomers with increasing health problems; old people who are sick, in pain, fearful, and cranky; a middle class that is increasingly incapable of affording most of the drugs that are prescribed for their ailments; children that are flaccid, diabetic and asthmatic. People of all ages are addicted to drugs, alcohol, sugar, cigarettes, and caffeine. Stress follows almost everyone like a shadow.” PeopleChildrenHelpingProblemAgePainBabyExerciseDrugShadowSickStressCrisisAlcoholMiddle ClassFearfulCigaretteOld PeopleCaffeineCrankyBaby Boomer Author:Bruce Frantzis
“I really didn't feel challenged anymore. I wanted to learn something and be excited again... While it can be a family - that environment is actually a family - in the sense that also you sometimes hate each other, you can't stand being around each other and grudges are held... I was getting cranky on 'Criminal Minds.” FeelsMindSometimesWantedHateEnvironmentExcitedCriminalsCriminal MindGrudgeCranky Author:Paget Brewster