--- title: "10 Bad Tempered Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Bad Tempered quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Bad Tempered sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/sammo-hung-20077_am_i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i_3167297.jpg" --- > [I know I am bad-tempered and unruly, so I like calling the shots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammo-hung/i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i-like-calling-the-shots/) [Sammo Hung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammo-hung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/sammo-hung-20077_am_i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i_3167297.jpg) > [“was just bad-tempered. I stayed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-greene/was-just-bad-tempered-i-stayed/) [Grace Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/grace-greene-70706_stayed_was-just-bad-tempered-i-stayed-3095987_3095987.jpg) > [“She thought she was a feminist. She was only bad tempered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hari-kunzru/she-thought-she-was-a-feminist-she-was-only-bad-tempered/) [Hari Kunzru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hari-kunzru/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e5/hari-kunzru-12838_bad-temper_she-thought-she-was-a-feminist-she-was-o_1916739.jpg) > [I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/i-am-annoyed-to-find-myself-continually-described-by-people-whom-i/) [Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/evelyn-waugh-850_annoyed_i-am-annoyed-to-find-myself-continually_1033555.png) > [The anger of slow, mild, loving people has a lasting quality that mere bad-tempered folk cannot understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/the-anger-of-slow-mild-loving-people-has-a-lasting-quality-that-mere/) [Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/margaret-deland-7843_anger_the-anger-of-slow-mild-loving-people-has_485322.png) > [It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/it-s-a-treat-being-a-runner-out-in-the-world-by-yourself-with-not-a/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/alan-sillitoe-23194_inspirational-runner_it-s-a-treat-being-a-runner-out-in-the-w_1406905.png) > [Drug use makes you snappy, and you get very bad-tempered and have terrible hangovers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-jagger/drug-use-makes-you-snappy-and-you-get-very-bad-tempered-and-have/) [Mick Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-jagger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/mick-jagger-1929_drug_drug-use-makes-you-snappy-and-you-get-ve_1607872.jpg) > [Creative listeners are those who want you to be recklessly yourself, even at your very worst, even vituperative, bad-tempered. They are laughing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/creative-listeners-are-those-who-want-you-to-be-recklessly-yourself/) [Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/brenda-ueland-3836_creative_creative-listeners-are-those-who-want-yo_854960.jpg) > [When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/when-you-see-anyone-complaining-of-such-and-such-a-person-s-ill/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/rumi-56_bad-temper_when-you-see-anyone-complaining-of-such_2180361.jpg) > [“The truth is that I will always need you more than you need me. It’s also the truth that I’m not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-morton/the-truth-is-that-i-will-always-need-you-more-than-you-need-me-it-s/) [Lily Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/lily-morton-26878_bad-temper_the-truth-is-that-i-will-always-need-you_125943.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-tempered/#itemlist", "name": "Bad Tempered Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know I am bad-tempered and unruly, so I like calling the shots.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sammo Hung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammo-hung/i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i-like-calling-the-shots/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/sammo-hung-20077_am_i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i_3167297.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/sammo-hung-20077_am_i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i_3167297.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/sammo-hung-20077_am_i-know-i-am-bad-tempered-and-unruly-so-i_3167297.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know I am bad-tempered and unruly, so I like calling the shots.” — Sammo Hung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“was just bad-tempered. 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