William Rounseville Alger Quotes

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I have a raging temper. I'll shout and scream, then it passes like a wicked storm.

To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.

I've still got a lot of tantrums to throw.

I can be quite fiery. I was worse when I was younger but even now, when there is a bad decision from... it doesn't matter who, I sometimes want to scream.

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.

Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

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

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I am quite a calm player. I do have a go at players and refs in the heat of the moment, but I never throw my toys out of the pram.

I'm normally not really an angry person. Maybe some other people have a different opinion.

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.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

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

There's nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.

Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.

I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.