Adjectives Quote by Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

— Honore de Balzac

“The words we use are an unmistakable indication of our thought habits, tastes, ideals, and interests in life. In like manner, the habitual language…

— Grenville Kleiser

The temperament and habit of a person inside and outside of his/her character once he gets to his/her companion.

— Innah Delos Angeles

Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify.

— Sydney J. Harris

When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

I prefer formal techniques, and use sonnets and rhyme, any manner of scheme to give a shape and order-of feeling as well as argument-to…

— J. D. McClatchy

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

— Bette Davis

“The whole personality is determined by the temperament and character together. Temperament influences the development of the character to a certain point, but it…

— Zoe McKey

Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the contrary, it…

— Samuel Richardson

One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits.

— Fay Weldon

The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of…

— Erich Fromm

Your temperament is what you write with, but it's also how you deal with the world.

— Seamus Heaney