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Sour Grapes Quotes

I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there’s no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that’s not on Picture Quote #1

I didn’t watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that’s probably number one Picture Quote #1

I suppose that the main benefit of being rich (over just being independent) is to be able to despise rich people (a good concentration of whom you find in glitzy ski resorts) without any sour grapes. It is even sweeter when these farts don’t know that you are richer than they are Picture Quote #1

You can’t really appreciate anonymity until you’ve lost it. People say that’s sour grapes, but it really isn’t To be able to walk down the street without people paying attention to you is a real blessing and you lose it when you become an actor Picture Quote #1

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries Picture Quote #1

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you Picture Quote #1

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Oh, you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes Picture Quote #1

The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes Picture Quote #1

A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others Picture Quote #1

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour Picture Quote #1

There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes Picture Quote #1

The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge Picture Quote #1

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I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say Picture Quote #1

It’s sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That’s the level where I want to go Picture Quote #1

From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm’s cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet Picture Quote #1

Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning Picture Quote #1

I don’t want awards. I am not saying this like it’s a case of sour grapes. It isn’t. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn’t give me the kick that it does to others Picture Quote #1

There is this school of thought that says the usage of all mystical and occult powers is bad. I find that thought is usually propounded by people who don’t have any powers. It’s kind of a sour grapes attitude Picture Quote #1

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Dennis has not behaved well and the fact he has taken it with bad grace shows we made the right decision. It smacks of sour grapes. He said he would be happy to continue playing as long as the new manager wanted him so in no way was he misled. He said he was assured the job was his, but that is simply not true Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think that love is one big fairy tale. I wonder if people who say they are in love, if – really – they’ve just talked themselves into it. They want it so badly, they kind of make it happen. They fake it until they start believing their own story. Maybe that’s just sour grapes or something. Maybe because it doesn’t happen to me, I don’t want to think it happens to anyone else Picture Quote #1

I’ve never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it’s not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I’ve always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn’t a part of the picture Picture Quote #1

Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes Picture Quote #1

I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It’s by no means sour grapes Picture Quote #1

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I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there’s no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that’s not on (Sour Grapes Quotes) I didn’t watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that’s probably number one (Sour Grapes Quotes) I suppose that the main benefit of being rich (over just being independent) is to be able to despise rich people (a good concentration of whom you find in glitzy ski resorts) without any sour grapes. It is even sweeter when these farts don’t know that you are richer than they are (Sour Grapes Quotes) You can’t really appreciate anonymity until you’ve lost it. People say that’s sour grapes, but it really isn’t To be able to walk down the street without people paying attention to you is a real blessing and you lose it when you become an actor (Sour Grapes Quotes) There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries (Sour Grapes Quotes) My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you (Sour Grapes Quotes) Oh, you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes (Sour Grapes Quotes) The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes (Sour Grapes Quotes) A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others (Sour Grapes Quotes) The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour (Sour Grapes Quotes) There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes (Sour Grapes Quotes) The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge (Sour Grapes Quotes) I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say (Sour Grapes Quotes) It’s sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That’s the level where I want to go (Sour Grapes Quotes) From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm’s cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet (Sour Grapes Quotes) Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning (Sour Grapes Quotes) I don’t want awards. I am not saying this like it’s a case of sour grapes. It isn’t. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn’t give me the kick that it does to others (Sour Grapes Quotes) There is this school of thought that says the usage of all mystical and occult powers is bad. I find that thought is usually propounded by people who don’t have any powers. It’s kind of a sour grapes attitude (Sour Grapes Quotes) Dennis has not behaved well and the fact he has taken it with bad grace shows we made the right decision. It smacks of sour grapes. He said he would be happy to continue playing as long as the new manager wanted him so in no way was he misled. He said he was assured the job was his, but that is simply not true (Sour Grapes Quotes) Sometimes I think that love is one big fairy tale. I wonder if people who say they are in love, if – really – they’ve just talked themselves into it. They want it so badly, they kind of make it happen. They fake it until they start believing their own story. Maybe that’s just sour grapes or something. Maybe because it doesn’t happen to me, I don’t want to think it happens to anyone else (Sour Grapes Quotes) I’ve never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it’s not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I’ve always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn’t a part of the picture (Sour Grapes Quotes) Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes (Sour Grapes Quotes) I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It’s by no means sour grapes (Sour Grapes Quotes)