Quotes About Temper

I couldn't hold a thought. I couldn't accomplish a task without being distracted. And I couldn't keep my temper at all.

I don't mind his temper, or anybody's temper," I said, piling breakfast plates on a tray, "when I've done anything to provoke it, but I don't see why people should be unpleasant to everybody else just because they happen to feel moody or tired or upset.

When the demon was muscling for action she was like the princess in the fairy tale from whose mouth toads fell. The small part of her which remained outside the dominion of her temper stood aghast but inefficient as one after the other the reptiles showered forth.

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.

It has been said by Kariba Ekken, a seventeenth-century mystic; 'If you would foster a calm spirit, first regulate your breathing; for when that is under control, the heart will be at peace; but when breathing is spasmodic, then it will be troubled. therefore, before attempting anything, first regulate your breathing on which your temper will be softened, your spirit calmed.

Physicians are, some of them, so pleasing and conformable to the humor of the patient, as they press not the true cure of the disease; and some other are so regular, in proceeding according to art for the disease, as they respect not sufficiently the condition of the patient. Take one of a middle temper; or if it may not be found in one man, combine two of either sort; and forget not to call as well, the best acquainted with your body, as the best reputed of for his faculty.

I just get grumpy with bad behaviour.

There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. WILL ROGERS

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day.

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.

I've still got a lot of tantrums to throw.

I've always said throwing a club shows you care.

I was an athlete when I was younger and played a lot of sports, including golf, but I always ended up throwing around my clubs in frustration.

One of my earliest memories was throwing a tantrum because I wasn't allowed to put together the coffee percolator.

I have thrown chairs, but only during football matches. Generally, I am well-behaved. I do not like to make people angry.

Everyone has a temper, but in Sweden, no one throws a racquet or screams. We show more manners and common sense. This is a game, not war.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

I have a temper on me that could hold back tides.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

The narcissist has to condition his human environment to refrain from expressing criticism and disapproval of him, or of his actions and decisions. He has to teach people around him that any form of disagreement, however mild and minor, throws him into frightful fits of temper and rage attacks and turn him into a constantly cantankerous and irascible person.

On of the prerequisites for my mobile phone is that I have to be able to fling it at a wall if I lose my temper.