“Whenever a woman tries to put you out of a temper, turn the tables, and put HER out of temper instead. They… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I have my own grown-up versions of temper tantrums, too. I have a hard time not getting hurt when my kids have… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
Peace is the proper result of the Christian temper. It is the great kindness which our religion doth us, that it brings… — Simon Patrick Copy Share Image
I am at the moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills, damp… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
My dad and uncle were so protective so whenever someone would say or do something to harm us they were right there.… — Moeen Ali Copy Share Image
A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
A man who cannot command his temper, his attention, and his countenance should not think of being a man of business. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Do not be angry with people who are weak. That is the mark of a coward. There are plenty of things to… — Josei Toda Copy Share Image
Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If you had the seeds of pestilence in your body you would not have a more active contagion that you have in… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Lord Beaverbrook was fundamentally a lonely man, with a low sense of his own self-worth, who was incapable of forming a stable,… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
“temper made him think every thing due to her in return for the great goodness of being in love with him; but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Disgust is expressed by violence, and it is to be noted of our intellectual temper that violence is a quality which is… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
“She raised her face to the canopy and took a deep breath, as if trying to hold on to her temper. He… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
The complaints of contemporary writes, who deplore the increase of luxury and deprevation of manners, are commonly expressive of their peculiar temper… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our… — John Locke Copy Share Image
By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I am an enemy to revolutions. I abhor, both from temper and from the clearest judgment I am able to form, all… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“I’m yours. Isn’t that what you wanted?” He shook his head, temper flaring. “You’ve given up. You aren’t mine unless I make… — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
“On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I do think all good and evil comes from words. I have to tune myself into a good temper with something musical,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a ray of brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There are two things that have to happen before an idea catches on. One is that the idea should be good. The… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
It must have been the lack of nutrients that gave my father his temper. He is not a sweet man despite a… — Nigel Slater Copy Share Image
I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me… — Paige VanZant Copy Share Image
I lose my temper at home. I try to control my temper at work. Sometimes, if you are under a lot of… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
First, I hate all theological controversy: it is wearing to the temper, and is I believe (at all events when viva voce)… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth?… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Well, she was talking to me. That's enough to make anyone lose their temper. And I accused her of sleeping with my… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Three things lit her match without fail—abusive assholes, idiots who didn’t use their turn signals, and unannounced shifters moving in on her… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
“And the way you lost your temper!" went on Wallis enthusiastically. "Oh, Mr. Allan, it was beautiful! You haven't been more than… — Margaret Widdemer Copy Share Image
You've been busy using your breaking and entering skills," I said. "I just enter. I don't usually break." "You broke down Pitch's… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
You're so very good at that. The temper, the scowl. You must drink shots of testosterone in your morning coffee. — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
