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Crank Quotes

Nobody else took what I was doing seriously, so nobody would want to work with me. I was thought to be a bit eccentric and maybe cranky.

" Father of 'the God particle' Peter Higgs says fame is a bit of a nuisance" by Peter Higgs, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2014.

Excruciating agony makes me cranky.

Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2010). “Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary”, p.412, Simon and Schuster

Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'

"Abandon Earth or Face Extinction, Stephen Hawking Warns -- Again", www.foxnews.com. August 9, 2010.

I am discounting the reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?

"Questioning the universe". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.

I still like to make crank calls.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

"Takes One to Know One". Interview with David Steinberg, www.latimes.com.

I'm a Crank. I'm slowly going crazy. I keep wanting to chew off my own fingers and randomly kill people.

James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner)”, p.648, Delacorte Press

Was the fun in the fall?

Ellen Hopkins (2012). “Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy”, p.215, Simon and Schuster

More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.93, Routledge