Roseanne Barr Quotes

Emotions are my weakness. It is in my blood. It is very difficult to control.

For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it was striving against the stream.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

Anger is my biggest enemy in life.

You can either give in to what youre feeling, just say ‘okay, enough is enough’ and be done with it, or you can fight it.

But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

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

I struggle with control.

I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.

I get so angry. I just go through so many different patches in a game. It's so hard for me to find that balance. It's a tug-of-war all the time.

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.

I get cranky real easily. So the honor of it and the wonder of it all and everything has a hard time overcoming the petty annoyances; I mean, that's simply the reality of being alive, I guess.

Sometimes you can cattle rope your heart and sometimes you can't, is all.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

and I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.

How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.

The dimensions of my feelings are too violent.

I have some anger issues.

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

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.