Temperament Quotes · Page 11

If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own…

— Robertson Davies

The horse is your mirror. He never flatters you. He reflects your temperament. He also reflects your ups and downs. Don’t ever…

— Rudolf G. Binding

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what…

— Glenn Close

The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men no having sufficient power of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is…

— Oscar Wilde

I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very…

— Anais Nin

The fossil record implies trial and error, the inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with a Great Designer (though not a…

— Carl Sagan

Senator [Ted] Cruz is not qualified to be president because he doesn't have the right temperament and acted like a maniac when…

— Donald Trump

The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long…

— Oswald Chambers

Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the…

— Jim Evans

I was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality…

— Anthony Kennedy

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But…

— Robertson Davies

Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was…

— Roger Ebert

I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate…

— John Roberts

The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament.

— L. Tom Perry

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

— Wole Soyinka

If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the…

— Gail Caldwell

You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to…

— Ramakrishna

Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in…

— Frans de Waal

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.

— Robert Silverberg

One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: "Fate and temperament are two words for…

— Hermann Hesse

I think one of the things about parents and children is there are the accidents of temperament. There's no guarantee that just…

— Aline Brosh McKenna

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.

— Zane Grey

Illusion, Temperament, Succession, Surface, Surprise, Reality, Subjectiveness,--these are the threads on the loom of time, these are the lords of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is…

— Jules Verne

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

— Tryon Edwards

There are a number of issues that I disagree vehemently with Mr. Trump on. I question whether he's got the temperament to…

— Charlie Baker

All mothers love their own children as best they can, according to their temperament and circumstances, and all mothers should have done…

— Fay Weldon

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

It is the bane and the balm of individual perception that 'objective' reality is seen through the filter of each person's temperament.

— Leonard Shlain

Maintain Composure In Times Of Heightened Emotion, Reacting Only When Thoughts Are Calm And Clear. Being Sensible Will Open Doors For Solutions…

— Pacifiersucker

That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I…

— Julian Assange

Technique is the main thing when it comes to success at the top level. The sound temperament comes into work only when…

— Shikhar Dhawan

There is something very quiet and reserved and pessimistic about Obama's temperament that is deeply un-American. There are those people who claim,…

— Jess Row

I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like…

— Jack White

I can look at a photo and tell you about your child's temperament and personality. All that scans in seconds.

— Jo Frost

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

— N. Scott Momaday

I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

— Christopher Lasch