Temperaments Quotes

39 quotes by 34 authors

Science has yet to isolate the Godiva Chocolate or Prada gene, but that doesn't mean your weakness for pricey swag isn't woven into your DNA.… — Jeffrey Kluger
Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities,… — David A. Bednar
Of course genes canâ€™t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
With subtle and finely-wrought temperaments it is always so. Their strong passions must either bruise or bend. They either slay the man, or themselves die.… — Oscar Wilde
Through an experience that simultaneously involved my sensibility and intelligence, I realized early on that the imaginative life, however morbid it might seem, is the… — Fernando Pessoa
With our rarely changing temperaments strong emotions can alter us in permanent ways. But he said I did not need to worry about that part… — Stephenie Meyer
No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more… — Dion Fortune
Schwartz's research suggests something important: we can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Our inborn temperaments influence us, regardless of the lives… — Susan Cain
There is no such thing as a perfectly happy or perfectly unhappy man in the world. One has more happiness in his life and another… — Giacomo Casanova
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are. — James Dobson
Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence. — Ben Okri
I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and moods. — Deb Caletti
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations.… — John Ortberg
Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often unsuccessful. People now… — Theodore Zeldin
Life's all about your changing temperaments and how well you control them and for whom. — Unknown Author

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