Alfred Whitney Griswold Quotes

I'll rail against what I think is wrong.

Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.

I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.

Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people.

So okay, the world through my eyes, what is that world? Well, I see a lot of dirty stuff, and I see a lot of dumb stuff.

No matter what Jesus did, someone found fault with it.

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.

Nothing is easier than fault finding.

It's easy to be negative.

I always see what’s... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see what’s wrong. I never see what’s right. It’s not a recipe for happiness.

There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility.

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.

It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it.

Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking

A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him.

Bad news is just an excuse.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.

The worst time is always the present.

I'm a pessimist by nature. A pot head, but a pessimist.

I'm one of these people that always looks on the bad side of the fence.

You always need something to complain about. And if you can't come up with anything better, you come along with team leaders. I don't believe in this chitchat.

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

Cavil you may, but never criticise.

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word "cynic" has more than one meaning, and I see how I could be seen as cynical. "George, you're cynical." Well, you know, they say if you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. And perhaps the flame still flickers a little, you know?