Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character.

I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.

There is another serious thing to which many young men become addicted. This is anger. With the least provocation they explode into tantrums of uncontrolled rage. It is pitiful to see someone so weak. But even worse, they are prone to lose all sense of reason and do things which bring later regret.

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

It's difficult for me to really temper my personality, but I am trying to be a little more sensible about it. If I really lose my temper, I go to my room and scream and shout, but I try not to lose it on people any more. I've never said something mean just like that. I've only said things in retaliation.

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can force me to do anything I don't want to.

I have a lot of hostility.

I hate wack niggas, I should really slap niggas.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

Men in rage strike those that wish them best.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

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.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

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

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.