Quotes About Temperament

I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around.

Qué te pasa? -, y él - Nada, es que mi temperamento es difícil como un cambio de melodía de Ricardo Ray-

You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.

I think the voters are going to see a stark difference between steady leadership from Secretary Clinton, a depth of experience, and ill-temperament and poor judgment from Donald Trump; that's what they've seen this entire campaign. We welcome these debates.

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.

By the rules of debate, if you lose your cool, you've lost the game.

I think I am a nice man, but also, I am demanding.

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

We boil at different degrees.

Some say I don't show much emotion. That's just not my cup of tea.

Brooke's deputy, General Sir John Kennedy, observed of Churchill: "He is difficult enough when things are going badly, more difficult when nothing is happening, and quite unmanageable when all is going well.

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.

Stalin was not temperamentally well constituted for success as an organizer and administrator.

He also became known as one who was quick to take offense, even if spoken to in jest.

Recognize Your Aggressive Impulses

The only emotion my father expressed with any regularity was anger.

A finely tempered nature longs to escape from his noisy cramped surroundings into the silence of the high mountains where the eye ranges freely through the still pure air and fondly traces out the restful contours apparently built for eternity.

Not if you have the right attitudes. It's having the right attitudes that's hard.

I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank God for. I suppose our 'blues' are the price we have to pay for our temperament. 'The gods don't allow us to be in their debt.' They give us sensitiveness to beauty in all its forms but the shadow of the gift goes with it.

Some people are naturally good, you know, and others are not. I'm one of the others.

For Anne to take things calmly would have been to change her nature.

I won't be reasonable—I can't be reasonable—I AM reasonable.

Tita was literally "like water for chocolate"-she was on the verge of boiling over.