Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Crosby

I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger.

Myrtle Reed

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

Aristotle

The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

This is our post-season play. We have been beaten up by every team in the conference. We haven't gotten one conference victory. Yet, I haven't lost faith in this team. I think they are angry with themselves, disappointed in themselves, but I think we are all committed to erase all that anger and disappointment by having a successful meet.

May Sarton

I have sometimes wondered also whether in people like me who come to the boil fast (soupe au lait, the French call this trait, like a milk soup that boils over) the tantrum is not a built-in safety valve against madness or illness. ... The fierce tension in me, when it is properly channeled, creates the good tension for work. But when it becomes unbalanced I am destructive. How to isolate that good tension is my problem these days. Or, put in another way, how to turn the heat down fast enough so the soup won't boil over!

Maya Angelou

To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty.

Michael Clarke

Dennis was very easy to work with. He was a church man. He was at church all the time, was available as needed. I found he had a very pleasant personality. I never saw any kind of anger or rage.

And then there is anger that pops out. 'Why did my son or daughter do this to me? We hear that a lot. So we try to point out that there were probably things going on in the mind of the deceased person that they did not know about and neither did the person that took their own life. There is a just complexity there that no one can understand.

Steve Schmidt

Apparently feeling that Kerry had not emanated enough negativity while on his pessimism and misery tour this week, the Kerry campaign e-mail asked contributors to give at the level best reflecting their anger at the president. Sounds like a fun group to be around.

Aristotle

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.

A Self-realized person who is free from lust and anger, and who has subdued the mind and senses easily attains nirvana.

Pat Buchanan

Sanctions have become a way for the United States to vent its anger on the cheap without risking the lives of the armed forces,

People came and there was a lot of shouting, anger and frustration. Based on the input that came out of the town hall meeting, we created a task force and totally transformed the (singles) program. It's now called the Young Professional Initiative.

Douglas Alexander

Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP.

a demonstration of collective anger at the rising number of racist and anti-Semitic attacks this year.

After denial they go through anger. They take on a 'poor-me' attitude, as if everybody owes them something.

Now it is clear he will not be able to bring peace back to the country. People are willing to die for this. Anger is there, it is growing.

Now my Olympics can begin. I have this anger in me and I want to show them all.

Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.

There's a sense that this is not supposed to happen in the U.S. And that provokes anger and anxiety not only in the Gulf Coast but around the country.

There's anger. . .but I would say sadness is the overwhelming (emotion).

The mortal beings are held in the power of sexual desire, anger and emotional attachment; they have forgotten the Lord, the Immortal Form.

Janet Fitch

A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

They had the wrong impression of me. The anger was coming from what they heard.

Peter Blake

This book is not written in anger. It is written in fury.

It's a journey from pariah to the establishment. There's less anger and bitterness and more responsibility.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

For many people, especially in the urban areas, life has become unaffordable and unbearable and these people are waiting to vent their anger through mass demonstrations.

Johnny Ramone

For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that image was anger. I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.

There were probably five investigators that were working on this case and the frustration and anger was as much as I've ever seen. We've all got children. It makes you angry.