Is that even a possibility that nobody had watched the Grinch movie before Christmas every year? Well, for us, it is a tradition to watch all the parts around the Christmas season. The movie does not only bring a laugh to many faces but is the real depiction of how loneliness and negligence make you rude and tough.
While some might not like the Grinch character, he is the real lesson in the movie to learn from. Do you realize why he remained so off during the Christmas season? No, he never hated Christmas but the loneliness that comes with it as everyone celebrates it with their loved ones. However, like everyone, he was desperate for love and affection. Thereby, the movie shows a positive change in his behavior when he finds a companion.
The Grinch story is full of takeaways and some hilarious quotes of course. Thereby we have brought you some best lines delivered by the lead character, Grinch, his companion, Cindy Lou Who, and Lou Lou Who.
Best Grinch Quotes
- “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” – The Grinch
- “I don’t need anything more for Christmas than this right here—my family.” – Lou Lou Who
- “Are you two still living?” – The Grinch
- “Saving you, is that what you think I was doing? Wrong-o. I merely noticed that you’re improperly packaged, my dear.” – The Grinch
- “No one should be alone on Christmas.” – Cindy Lou Who
- “Am I just eating because I’m bored?” – The Grinch
- “I’m an idiot. You’re an idiot!” – The Grinch
- “Tomorrow is Christmas. It’s practically here!” – The Grinch
- “It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?” – The Grinch
- “I could use a little social interaction.” – The Grinch
- “What is that stench? It’s fantastic.” – The Grinch
- “Cheer up, dude. It’s Christmas.” – The Grinch
- “Be it ever so heinous, there’s no place like home.” – The Grinch
- “Kids today—so desensitized by movies and television.” – The Grinch
- “Stupid. Ugly. Out of date. This is ridiculous. If I can’t find something nice to wear, I’m not going.” – The Grinch
- “I’m all toasty inside.” – The Grinch
- “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.” – The Grinch
- “No matter how different a Who may appear, he will always be welcomed with holiday cheer.” – Cindy Lou Who
- “But what would I wear?” – The Grinch
Grinch Quotes on Christmas and the Holidays
- “What’s Santa have that I don’t?” – The Grinch
- “Look, I don’t wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is stupid, stupid, stupid!” – The Grinch
- “Holiday who-be what-ee?” – The Grinch
- “Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to grasp.” – Dr. Seuss
- “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!” – The Grinch
- “That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s what it’s always been about. Gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts!” – The Grinch
- “I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump.” – The Grinch
- “Blast this Christmas music. It’s joyful and triumphant.” – The Grinch
- “For fifty-three years, Christmas has brought me nothing but misery. I know just what to do. I become Santa Clause to steal their Christmas. If he could deliver it one night, then I can steal it.” – The Grinch
- “The Grinch hated Christmas—the whole Christmas season. Oh, please don’t ask why, no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.” – Dr. Suess
- “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Seuss
- “And he, he himself—the Grinch—carved the roast beast!” – Dr. Seuss
- “I am the Grinch that stole Christmas, and I’m sorry. Aren’t you going to cuff me? Beat me up? Blind me with pepper spray?” – The Grinch
- “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.” – The Grinch
- “Beautiful, isn’t it, Max? This, my little friend, is the Rein-Horn. It perfectly recreates the mating call of the reindeer. Behold.” – The Grinch
- “What a great Grinchy trick. With this coat and this hat, I’ll look just like Saint Nick!” – The Grinch
- “Brilliant. You reject your own nose because it represents the glitter of commercialism. Why didn’t I think of that? Cut, print, moving on.” – The Grinch
- “This is the loudest snow I’ve ever heard in my life.” – The Grinch
- “Look at those greedy little monsters. Loading themselves up with Christmas junk.” – The Grinch
- “Believe you me, there will be temptation all around us. Behold! The present.” – The Grinch
Grinch Quotes on Community and Morals
- “What’s the matter with you? You some kind of wild animal?” – The Grinch
- “One man’s toxic waste is another man’s potpourri.” – The Grinch
- “With a smile to his soul, he descended Mount Crumpit, cheerily blowing, ‘Who! Who!’ on his trumpet.” – Dr. Seuss
- “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.” – The Grinch
- “Oh, bleeding hearts of the world, unite.” – The Grinch
- “Oh, the Who-manity.” – The Grinch
- “Max, grab a bag. We’ll come back for the rest. Of course when I say ‘we’ I mean ‘you.’” – The Grinch
- “That is not a chew toy. You have no idea where it’s been.” – 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.” – The Grinch
- “Give me that! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to take things that don’t belong to you?” – The Grinch
- “Well done, Max! Serves them right, those yuletide-loving, sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers! I really don’t like ’em. No, I don’t.” – The Grinch
- “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. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore.” – Dr. Suess
- “The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!” – Dr. Suess
- “Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums! And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley!” – Dr. Suess
- “You’re a rotter, Mr. Grinch. You’re the king of sinful sots. Your heart’s a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots. Mr. Gri-inch! You’re a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce!” – Dr Suess
- “Oh no. The Presents. They’ll be destroyed, and I care! What is the deal?” – The Grinch
- “Fat boy ought to finish up any time now. Talk about a recluse! He only comes out once a year, and he never catches any flak for it! Probably lives up there to avoid the taxes!” – The Grinch
- “Somebody’s fabulous!” – The Grinch
- “Today was great! We did mean things, and we did them in style.” – The Grinch
- “Now, you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.” – The Grinch
Grinch Quotes on Feelings and Emotions
- “Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double Hate. Loathe entirely!” – The Grinch
- “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.” – The Grinch
- “You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I’m saying? In your garbage.” – The Grinch
- “Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that’s all that matters.” – The Grinch
- “You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart’s an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders. You’ve got garlic in your soul.” – Dr. Suess
- “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel. Mr Gri-inch! You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.” – Dr. Suess
- “And what happened then? Well, in Whoville, they say that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.” – Dr. Suess
- “Help me, I’m feeling!” – The Grinch
- “Sorry, I can’t hear you. I don’t speak ridiculous.” – The Grinch
- “Oh hey look, it’s me. Oh dear!” – The Grinch
- “That’s 223 houses and only seven hours of darkness to work with.” – The Grinch
Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year to be with your family. Learn from here how you can make this time of the year even more special.
Final Verdict
Our favorite fictional character, first featured by Dr. Seuss and later fantastically performed by Jim Carrey, gives us a big reality check. It forced us to ponder what’s the real meaning of Christmas. It made several realize that Christmas is not just about exchanging gifts but spending as much time as they can with their loved ones.
Dr. Seuss beautifully illustrated the message as the “Whos don’t let The Grinch ruin Christmas, and celebrate it despite their stolen gifts”. The shift in Grinch’s attitude towards the idea of celebrating Christmas represents his change of heart. While he hated Christmas at the beginning of the movie, he gladly joins in with the holiday activities by the end of the movie.
