At his quirky best, the elder Cooper is a curmudgeon right out of central casting, grumpy old man meets borscht-belt crank. He really does fiddle with his hearing aid and yell, "What? I can't hear you," only to chide you afterward that there's no need to shout. — Norah Vincent , New York Times Book Review ,

We were in Edinburgh visiting the in-laws. I was, as usual, being a grumpy old curmudgeon . My people don't travel well. — David Mamet , Jafsie and John Henry Essays ,

Oh, he had the reputation for being a curmudgeon , and he didn't suffer fools gladly, and often he seemed to have no tolerance for people at all. — Robertson Davies , The Lyre of Orpheus ,

only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations