Temper Quotes

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.

You seem in England to be entirely ignorant of the temper of our people.

My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

I recognize a lot of the things I'm going through. Like, I lose my temper a lot and I become unhinged and kind of hysterical.

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.