Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

Mangling my racket and an odd swearword on the court is not something I am proud of and it shouldn't happen, but even my coaches have told me that it's sometimes better to let it all out, the anger inside you, because keeping it bottled would just eat you up in the long term.

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'

One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things.

Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it.

I've had no problem harnessing anger.

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.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people.

I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings.

I don't have life rage anymore.

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.

I can't stay mad very long. I get grumpy when I read a bad review. I say, 'How could he say that about my music?' Then I forget about it. If I got mad every time somebody wrote something negative about me, I'd be exploding all the time. I'd be burned out just from reading reviews.

Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.

Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.

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

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.

I find rage to be the scariest emotion as an actor, for me personally, to tap into. I don't like anger, and I don't like conflict particularly in my life. I like everybody to be nice and things to be easy.

I control my anger.

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

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

It's not necessarily bad that you have angst or you have anger - it's what you do with it, how you interpret it into something profoundly moving.