Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living.

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

I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.

Besides being a slum kid with no great education in anything except how to fight and stay alive and steal, I also had this temper.

If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen.

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.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

Only when emotion is involved do you get angry and lose your temper. You could have different points of view, but as long as it is constructive dissent, it is fun.

There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.