I just read the short wonderful story ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas!’ by Dr. Seuss and it has made my whole day! It is so funny and also thoughtful. This is the thing about children’s stories – they don’t become serious to get a serious point across, instead they use imagination, humor, and love.
‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas!’ by Dr. Seuss was published in 1957 and has become a classic since. It was also adapted into a movie where Jim Carrey sprinkled his magic. What fun!
In this post, I have collected the best Grinch quotes from the book and the movie that will bring you right back to the mean yet adorable character. Here are your Grinch quotes:
Grinch Quotes
“Every Who Down in Whoville Liked Christmas a lot…
But the Grinch,Who lived just north of Whoville, Did NOT!”
― Dr. Seuss
“Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!”
― Grinch
“I MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!”
― Grinch
“It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.”
― Dr. Seuss
“Inside a snowflake,
Like the one on your sleeve,
Happened a story,
You must see to believe.”
― Narrator
“For Tomorrow, he knew, all the Who girls and boys,
Would wake bright and early. They’d rush for their toys!
And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise!
Noise! Noise! Noise!
That’s one thing he hated! The NOISE!”
― Dr. Seuss
“I must stop this whole thing! Why, for fifty-three years I’ve put up with it now! I MUST stop this Christmas from coming! But HOW?”
― Grinch
“What a great Grinchy trick! With this coat and this hat, I look just like Saint Nick!”
― Grinch
“Kids today. So desensitized by movies and television.”
― Grinch
“All the Whos, still a-bed,
All the Whos, still asnooze When he packed up his sled,
Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings!
The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!
Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mt. Crumpit,
He rode with his load to the tiptop to dump it!”
― Dr. Seuss
“One man’s toxic sludge is another man’s potpourri.”
― Grinch
“I’m an idiot. You’re an idiot!”
― Grinch
“What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN’T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME!”
― Grinch
“How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes, or bags!”
― Grinch
“I know just what to do! I’ll make a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.”
― Grinch
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!”
― Grinch
“Santa, don’t forget the Grinch. I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly, and his hands are cold and clammy, but I think he’s kinda… sweet.”
― Cindy Lou
“Today was great! We did mean things, and we did them in style.”
― Grinch
“I could use a little social interaction.”
― Grinch
“If I can’t find a reindeer, I’ll make one instead!”
― Grinch
“Saving you, is that what you think I was doing? Wrong-o. I merely noticed that you’re improperly packaged, my dear.”
― Grinch
“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?”
― Grinch
“But, if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.”
― Dr. Seuss
“Did someone just say “Grinch?”
― Mayor
“No one is to provoke the one creature within a billion bilometers of here who hates Christmas! No one is to provoke the Grinch!”
― Mayor
“No matter how different a Who may appear, he will always be welcomed with holiday cheer.”
― Cindy Lou
“Holiday who-be what-ee?”
― Grinch
“I am the Grinch that stole Christmas, and I’m… sorry.”
― Grinch
“The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: Stink, stank, stunk!”
― Grinch
“Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home.”
― Grinch
“And they’ll feast feast feast feast! They’ll eat their Who-pudding and rare Who roast beast! And that’s something I just cannot stand in the least.”
― Grinch
“Mr. Santa, what are you doing with our tree?”
― Cindy Lou
“Am I just eating because I’m bored?”
― Grinch
“I don’t need anything more for Christmas than this right here. My family.”
― Lou Lou Who
“You can’t hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, because it isn’t about the gifts or the contests or the fancy lights. That’s what Cindy’s been trying to tell everyone!”
― Lou Lou Who
“Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we.”
― Narrator
“No one should be alone on Christmas.”
― Cindy Lou
“It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?”
― The Grinch
“I tell you Max, I don’t know why I ever leave this place. I’ve got all the company I need right here.”
― Grinch
“Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.”
― Grinch
“And what happened then? Well…in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch’s small heart Grew three sizes that day!”
― Dr. Seuss
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