If Christmas season is in short supply in your home, maybe these Grinch quotes from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) will cheer you up. If not, you can always rob all your neighbors and dump their gifts off the top of the nearest mountain. Or, like, find healthier coping mechanisms, we suppose.
The Jim Carrey version of the classic Dr. Seuss Christmas tale is a modern-day classic, with tons of quotable moments that we’ve compiled for you here. Maybe you’re looking for a hilarious reference to put on your holiday Instagram caption. Maybe you’re just trying to keep up with your sister who’s a beast at quoting movies. Or maybe you need a little holiday cheer.
No matter the reason, we’ve got all the most memorable Grinch quotes, plus a few from Cindy Lou Who, below.
50 Grinch Quotes
1. “Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?”
2. “Am I just eating because I’m bored?”
3. “Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double hate. LOATHE ENTIRELY!”
4. [The Grinch’s voicemail] “If you utter so much as one syllable, I’LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you’d like to fax me, press the star key.”
5. “Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it. 4:00, wallow in self-pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercise. 6:30, dinner with me – I can’t cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing…I’m booked!”
6. “Help me, I’m…feeling.”
7. “The term ‘Grinchy’ shall apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply.”
8. “Blast this Christmas music! It’s joyful and triumphant!”
9. “One man’s toxic sludge is another man’s potpourri.”
10. “Kids today. So desensitized by movies and television.”
11. Whoville man: “This is not pudding.” The Grinch *through mouthful of unidentified food*: “What is it?!”
12. “And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling. How could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.”
13. “What is that stench? It’s fantastic.”
14. “Holiday who-be what-ee?”
15. “Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.”
16. “Ooooh. Ahhhh. That’s it, I’m not going.”
17. “All right, you’re a reindeer. Here’s your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you’re a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you. Then, one day, Santa picks you and you save Christmas. No, forget that part. We’ll improvise… just keep it kind of loosey-goosey. You hate Christmas! You’re gonna steal it. Saving Christmas is a lousy ending. Way too commercial. Action!”
18. “Brilliant! You reject your own nose because it represents the glitter of commercialism. Why didn’t I think of that? Cut, print, moving on.”
19. “Bleeding hearts of the world unite!”
20. The Grinch: “I’m an idiot.” Echo: “You’re an idiot!”
21. “There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find quite meaningful. Mistletoe! Pucker up and kiss it, Whoville!”
22. “Nice kid. Baaaad judge of character.”
23. “And they’ll feast, feast, feast, feast. They’ll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But that’s something I just cannot stand in the least. Oh, no. I’m speaking in rhyme!”
24. The avarice never ends! ‘I want golf clubs. I want diamonds. I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored and sell it to make glue.’
25. “It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?”
26. “Oh, the Who-manity!”
27. “How dare you enter the Grinch’s lair!? The insolence! The audacity! The unmitigated gall!”
28. “We’re gonna die! We’re gonna die! I’m gonna throw up, and then I’m gonna die! Mommy, tell it to stop!”
29. “Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home.”
30. “Give me that! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to take things that don’t belong to you? What’s the matter with you, you some kind of wild animal? Huh?”
31. “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
32. “I am the Grinch that stole Christmas…and I’m sorry.”
33. “Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.”
34. “Tomorrow is Christmas. It’s practically here!”
35. “That is not a chew toy. You have no idea where it’s been.”
36. “Well done, Max! Serves them right, those yuletide-loving…sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers! I really don’t like ’em. Mm-mm. No, I don’t.”
37. “Today was great! We did mean things, and we did them in style.”
38. “Slunk.”
39. “Stupid. Ugly. Out of date. This is ridiculous. If I can’t find something nice to wear I’m not going.”
40. “I guess I could use a little social interaction.”
41. “I’m all toasty inside. And I’m…leaking.”
42. “I’ve been much too tolerant of these Whoville delinquents and their innocent, victimless pranks.”
43. “Aren’t you going to cuff me? Put me in a chokehold? Blind me with pepper spray?”
44. “I must stop this Christmas from coming, but how? I mean…in what way?”
45. “I merely noticed that you’re improperly packaged, my dear.”
46. “Look, I don’t wanna make waves. But this whole Christmas season is stupid, stupid, stupid!”
Cindy Lou Who Quotes
47. “Don’t forget the Grinch. I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he’s actually kinda… sweet.”
48. “No one should be alone on Christmas.”
49. “No matter how different a Who may appear, he will always be welcomed with holiday cheer.”
50. “Everybody seems to kerbabbled. Isn’t this just a little superfluous?”
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