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Quotes About Anger

To be angry, is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves.
~ Alexander Pope
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
~ Alexander Pope
When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!
~ Alexandra Paul
Why don't you put on an animal's pelt and drag me to your house by my hair?
~ Alexandra Ripley
Hello, Rhett," she said. His head snapped, and she saw his dark eyes. They held nothing for her, nothing but anger. "Why hello, Countess." His eyes raked her from her kidskin boots to her egret-plumed hat. "You are certainly looking—expensive." He turned abruptly towards John Morland. "You should have warned me, Bart, so I could stay in the bar. Let me by." And he sent Morland staggering as he pushed out of the box on the side away from Scarlett.
~ Alexandra Ripley
she was alternately confused and angry at his lack of reference to their past, but she decided to let him take the lead. Either he had his reasons or he wasn't the man she once knew. And she was certain by now that he was still that man, only more.
~ Alexandra York
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.
~ Alfred A. Montapert
Powell repressed the wave of exasperation that rose up in him. It was not exasperation with Chooka. It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them.
~ Alfred Bester
Vorga, I kill you filthy.
~ Alfred Bester
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city" (Prov. 16:32).
~ Alfred Ells
The anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
~ Alfred Ells
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. Proverbs 16:32
~ Alfred Ells
Anger also prompts self-justifying thoughts that minimize or deny our contribution to the conflict and shift the blame to the other party. That's why we so often foolishly go to war instead of going to God with the problem.
~ Alfred Ells
The presence of anger is an indication that something is seriously wrong. But instead of lashing out in anger, we need to face our fears and shame, take them to God, and be healed.
~ Alfred Ells
Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have tapped into a legitimate anger about the failures of Washington, but instead of running a campaign built on a positive vision for overcoming these failures, Donald Trump has conducted a polarizing and divisive campaign.
~ Mike Coffman
I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.
~ Jodi Rell
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
~ Pope Paul VI
My hatred is precious. I don't want to waste it on those who are colluding in their own oppression.
~ Andrea Dworkin
People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.
~ Mayte Garcia
Like most Montanans, I get pretty upset when I hear about waste.
~ Matt Rosendale
I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.
~ Jim Webb
I think it's not controversial to say there's a lot of us who need to be reminded that we're wasting our time and making things worse for ourselves if we're carrying anger around with us all the time.
~ Brendan Hunt
I dislike anger so much, I even find it difficult watching 'EastEnders.'
~ Ainsley Harriott
Even in my comedies, I don't take anger as a joke. I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it. One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.
~ Albert Brooks