Temper Quotes · Page 14

I'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.

— Aaron McGruder

Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

— Edmund Burke

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

— George Eliot

At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips.

— Jim Butcher

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection.

— Horace

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

— William Hazlitt

We've all lost our temper at some time. Unfortunately, not all of us have done it in a public setting.

— Markwayne Mullin

“I have established a reputation for being someone who, if you tell her to do one thing, will almost certainly do the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Joy, anger, sadness, pleasure, love, evil, greed. Where is your heart at? This world is like a furnace you temper yourself, and…

— Da Xia

There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for…

— Molly Harper

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too…

— Joseph Butler

{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills,…

— Louisa May Alcott

Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is…

— Emily Post

You don't lose your temper and throw the cat out the door. You don't lose your temper and throw a dish at…

— Ernest Angley

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV.…

— John Sweeney

A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won’t go, men lose their tempers and beat it;…

— Gilbert Murray

A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature…

— Edward Albee

Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to…

— George Washington

No politician can praise unemployment or inflation, and there is no way of combining high employment with stable prices that does not…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

... if you desire to marry you must realize that a mistress is won by the good temper and grace displayed while…

— Thoinot Arbeau

“Waste and stupidity get you the worst, that’s what he said. Use this time and it’ll temper you. Now’s the hardest test—not…

— Thomas Harris

Good Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love…

— Joseph Addison

You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well…

— Mark Ronson

“It’s my dreadful temper! I try to cure it, I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

— Washington Irving

Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.

— John Milton

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

— Erich Maria Remarque

A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.

— Mason Cooley

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

— Robert Southey

God is not Love in the East. He is Power, although Mercy may temper it.

— E. M. Forster

Do I ever lose my temper? Sure, I do it all the time - just ask my wife, she will tell you.

— Gianfranco Zola

I have a raging temper. I'll shout and scream, then it passes like a wicked storm.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

On a good day, I'm a bitter, angry, chip-on-my-shoulder type of guy.

— Dolph Ziggler

The Queen rarely loses her temper, but when she does, she brooks no argument.

— Ingrid Seward

Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.

— Joseph Campbell

I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.

— Leah Remini

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

— Martin Lawrence

The fastest way to lose an argument is to lose your temper.

— Mardy Grothe

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.

— Hugh Blair