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Anger Quotes

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger."

Thucydides, Greek Historian

Anger, Being, Causes, First

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"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."

"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."

Indira Gandhi, Indian Statesman

Anger, Argument

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"When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important."

"When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Anger, Age, Feelings, Expression

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"There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust."

"There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust."

Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

Anger, Thought, Man

25

"My hatred is diamond-hard."

"My hatred is diamond-hard."

Jim Goad, Australian Author

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"The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself."

"The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Anger, Fear, Betrayal, Body

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"Expressing anger is a form of public littering."

"Expressing anger is a form of public littering."

Willard Gaylin, American Scientist

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

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

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

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"I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through."

"I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through."

Michael Richards, American Actor

Anger, People, Hate

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

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

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"Our humor turns our anger into a fine art."

"Our humor turns our anger into a fine art."

Mary Kay Blakely, American Author

Anger, Art, Humor

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"The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger."

"The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger."

Nigel Mansell, British Athlete

Anger, Car, Time, Commitment

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"Anger - a better alternative to caffeine."

"Anger - a better alternative to caffeine."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Anger, Energy, Humor, Emotion

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"As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy."

"As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy."

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

Anger, Music, Sex, Culture

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"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Anger, Mind, Wind

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"When you are angry you will find that you have lost yourself. You have lost yourself to outside forces. Your actions are no longer seeking to benefit your life. You must center yourself, allow yourself to calm down and postpone the making of decisions to a time when you have stabilized."

"When you are angry you will find that you have lost yourself. You have lost yourself to outside forces. Your actions are no longer seeking to benefit your life. You must center yourself, allow yourself to calm down and postpone the making of decisions to a time when you have stabilized."

Avina Celeste, American Writer

Anger, Loss, Self, Calm

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"If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous."

"If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

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"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."

"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American Writer

Anger, Love, Contempt, Hate

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"Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it."

"Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it."

Robert South, English Clergyman

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"Starting your day with anger is like locking yourself in jail. The outside world is enjoying life, while you're locked in your own frustration."

"Starting your day with anger is like locking yourself in jail. The outside world is enjoying life, while you're locked in your own frustration."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

Anger, Freedom, Emotion, Choice

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"Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation."

"Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation."

Martha Beck, American Author

Anger, Children, Grief, Guilt

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"Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world."

"Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world."

William Shenstone, English Poet

Anger, Power, Control, Force

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"I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards."

"I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards."

Donna Rice, American Celebrity

Anger, Work, Men, People

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"Pent-up anger is oftentimes more destructive than a good quarrel."

"Pent-up anger is oftentimes more destructive than a good quarrel."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Anger, Destruction, Emotion, Conflict

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"Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self."

"Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Anger, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires."

"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Anger, Life, God, Brothers

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"Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant."

"Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

Anger, Men, Music, Women

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"Alice, it took big, dumb Talon Dodo thirty seconds to get you so pissed about a poker hand pun that you were about to beat him to death with your cane."

"Alice, it took big, dumb Talon Dodo thirty seconds to get you so pissed about a poker hand pun that you were about to beat him to death with your cane."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Anger, Temper, Provocation, Humor, Conflict

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"The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger."

"The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger."

Henry Walter Bates, English Environmentalist

Anger, Poor, Trouble

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"My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later."

"My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later."

Wilfred Burchett, Australian Journalist

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"I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment."

"I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment."

David Soul, American Actor

Anger, Time, Management, Fact

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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Anger, Delay, Statesman

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"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."

"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Anger, Man, Reason

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"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."

"Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

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"Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred."

"Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred."

M. Kathleen Casey, American Judge

Anger, Consistency, Hatred, May

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"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

Anger, Scripture

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"George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money."

"George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Anger, Money, Guitar

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"For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again."

"For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Anger, Music, Compassion, Luck

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"Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger."

"Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

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"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."

"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Anger, Losing, Opponents

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"Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately."

"Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately."

Edward Everett Hale, American Clergyman

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"Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound."

"Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound."

Ford Frick, American Journalist

Anger, Decision, Sound, Temper

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"The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion."

"The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Anger, Delusion, Greed, Infinite

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"Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger."

"Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Anger, Family, Money, Fire

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"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."

"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

Anger, Men, Religion, Care

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"We all have our times of anger. It's when we hang onto that anger it becomes a poison to our heart and mind."

"We all have our times of anger. It's when we hang onto that anger it becomes a poison to our heart and mind."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

Anger, Release, Poison, Emotion

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"The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger."

"The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Anger, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions."

"My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions."

Jim Goad, Australian Author

Anger, Hatred, Intentions

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"I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will."

"I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Anger, Violence, Revenge, Emotion, Reflection

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"The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic."

"The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Anger, Funny, Father, Son

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