Tim Robbins Quotes

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.

I have an aggressive streak of my own.

The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

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

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

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.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.

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.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

The Green Lanterns are very forward and very courageous, very forceful. The Red Lanterns are out of control, and they're not in their right mind because when we're angry or in rage, we say things and we do things we wouldn't normally do.

My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles.

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.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.