[Reagan] was the best president in this era, as he had the perfect temperament for the job. — Dan Patrick Copy Share Image
The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness. — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament. — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
A lot of composers before me have been on this mission to change the world by getting off equal temperament, and I'm… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Children are just different from one another, especially in temperament. Some are shy, others bold; some active, others quiet; some confident, others… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
statutory regulations, legislative enactments, constitutional provisions, are invasive. They never yet induced man to do anything he could and would not do… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Holiness is not reserved for a small number of exceptional persons. It is for everyone. It is the Lord who brings us… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The kernel, the soul let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice. For them, the new information environment-undermining old means of control, opening… — Harlan Cleveland Copy Share Image
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time,… — William Brinkley Copy Share Image
I believe that a core problem with undergraduate education, especially at research universities like Harvard, Stanford, NYU, etc, is that most teaching… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
“I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image