I truly thought I might hurt that man," he said, "very badly." "I didn't know you were capable of such bad temper."… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Nicolai, the Dark Seducer as his people called him, had been in bed, but not alone. He was never alone. He was… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was… — Charles Perrault Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's… — Robby Gordon Copy Share Image
“If your temper is aroused and you tell 'em a thing or two, you will have a fine time unloading your feelings.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Copy Share Image
There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament. — Marcel Boulestin Copy Share Image
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If your ego is hurt you may become angry. Understand that ego itself is a disease. Dissolve your ego as far as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed… — John Milton Copy Share Image
What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“But, as, when any of the prouder passions are hurt, it is much better philosophy to let a man slip into a… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Leftists are fighting back against Trump not with policy differentials, but rather with insane rhetoric and temper tantrums. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
You can only take so much of people's stupidity & negativity. Sometimes you lose your cool. God knows I work so hard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“I guess you've got a spice of temper," commented Mr. Harrison, surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him. "It goes… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
You have one Mord-Sith and one Mother Confessor, here, both in very bad moods. I would suggest you not give us an… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can force me to do… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image
“We ought never to lose our tempers with people who, when we find them at fault, begin to snigger. They do so… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Gen. Schurz thinks I was a little cross in my late note to you. If I was, I ask pardon. If I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good… — Jeanette MacDonald Copy Share Image
I'm very violent in the ring. I don't know if it's the Italian temper, I can get very nasty in there. But… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I get in a temper with inanimate objects. I can't bear plastic. I do get in a complete rage with something that's… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
If wearing this rag will in any way speed the process of gathering my furture soldiers, then I will waer it. But… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other… — James Gould Cozzens Copy Share Image
Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
