John Chrysostom Quotes

When I talk to idiots, I get loud!

I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation, the rage.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.

Kyo: Of course, I'll beat YOU, too! Yuki: Don't you ever get tired of saying that? Kyo: Beating you is my vocation! It's my goal in life! Yuki: It's so unfair that I keep having to take abuse just because you can't meet your goals. Kyo: THAT CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE OF YOURS REALLY PISSES ME OFF! Yuki: And that revolting thought process of yours pisses me off.

At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

There is too much of criticism and faultfinding with anger and raised voices.

Hate is a fear, and fear is rot That cankers root and fruit alike, Fight cleanly then, hate not, fear not, Strike with no madness when you strike.

I don’t respect your statement because of the anger that came with it

The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.

Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

Resentments are the rocket fuel that lives in the tip of my saber.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Even to get Yahya Khan to reason was an impossible task - it only made you lose your temper.

Anger should never be permitted to rise in our bosoms, and words suggested by angry feelings should never be permitted to pass our lips. 'A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger'.

To seek to extinguish anger utterly is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: 'Be angry, but sin not.' 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.'

You're like a tornado of bullshit right now. We'll talk again when your bullshit dies out over someone else's house.

I matched my heated tone with one of pure ice. "I believe I did attempt to relate to you the facts of my calls and you interrupted me with a rather magnificent display of temper much as you are doing now. If you do not have all the facts of the case perhaps you have no one but yourself to blame." Brisbane opened his mouth and shut it with a snap. His mouth remained closed but I could hear him muttering under his breath. "What are you saying?" "I am counting. To one hundred. In Cantonese.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.