Phil Crosby Quotes

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.

Grown-ups yell. I don't know why, but they do.

I was very sensitive, so when sensitivity has no place to go, it's often turned into anger or frustration.

I have a bit of a temper.

I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.

I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves and spattering fruit everywhere in sheer frustration, screaming, 'JUST TELL ME WHOSE SKULL TO CRACK WITH MY CLUB, DAMMIT!

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

I have some anger issues.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.

My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry.

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.

I still have a temper, I suppose.

I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.

The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.'