Bertrand Russell Quotes

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

I try not to be overly analytical.

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.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

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'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Look at the evidence and to be willing to question your own truths, and to be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that self-awareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody that whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be.

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

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

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

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

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.

I still have a temper, I suppose.