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306 Temperament quotes by 245 unique authors

His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. That is just the way he plays.It is a cliche but… — Rio Ferdinand
I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I… — James Ellroy
No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw. — Christy Mathewson
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should… — Bennie Thompson
As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than… — Gene Tunney
Art is nature as seen through a temperament. — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character… — Al-Jahiz
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive,… — Ivor Novello
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. — Zane Grey
I have tried to show as clearly as possible that the very characteristics and weaknesses of temperament with which we were born...can be transformed into… — Hannah Hurnard
A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments. — Timothy Keller
My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental. — Eva Gabor
By my makeup and temperament I wasn't really prey to physical desires. Everything happened in my head. — Anne Desclos
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice. For them, the new information environment-undermining old means of control, opening up old closets… — Harlan Cleveland
Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of… — Georges Rouault
Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion. — David Bronstein
The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone. — Emile M. Cioran
When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and… — Janet Morris
American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows. — John Philip Sousa
Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income. — Logan Pearsall Smith
To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a… — Peter Gay
Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. — Hector Hugh Munro
I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to… — Glenn Close
When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person. — Juliana Hatfield
It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an… — Bill Brandt

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