Quotes of: Temper Keyword

Every moment you lose your temper, you lose a moment of opportunity to love.

Debasish Mridha

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

Charles Dickens

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

Defend myself? I cannot defend the verbal repressions of a boy. A curmudgeonly, cantankerous, ill-tempered, counterfeit boy.

Coco J. Ginger

Orgasms are so much stronger when tempered in the flames of darkened desires and cooled in the waters of emotions.

Hēdonē

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

Daniel Keyes

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

Charles Spurgeon

There are things that man is not meant to interfere with, and the robust yet fragile temper of a woman is one of them.

youssef

I should contribute generously to the war chest of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. But, I do not contribute at all.

Larry MacPhail

I’ve never needed a bodyguard, Evan.” His hands stilled on the glasses. “Maybe that isn’t such a bad idea now.” “It’s a terrible idea. I would never want anyone watching every move I make. It’s unnerving. There are fresh lemons in the...

Burning Reflections

Besides (said he) do you not observe what a keen Edge Christian Faith puts upon the ill-nature of Divines, when they are disputing about matters of Religion? 'Tis common for Philosophers, Lawyers, Physicians, &c. to differ about matters which concern...

An account of the growth of deism in England

The pagan, or rational, virtues are such things as justice and temperance, and Christianity has adopted them. The three mystical virtues which Christianity has not adopted, but invented, are faith, hope and charity. Now… the first evident fact, I s...

G.K. Chesterton

They are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy - not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without an...

Douglas Adams

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.

Married By Morning

Physicality is the basis of performance.

The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists

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.

Sara Sheridan

We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.

Mark V. Hurd

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.

Bryce Dallas Howard

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Frost

People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.

Sigourney Weaver

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Philip Sidney