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Anger Quotes

"Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love."

"Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love."

George Eliot, British Author

Anger, Love, Jealousy, Sight

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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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"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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"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

Horace, Roman Poet

Anger, Temper, Will

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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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"Expressing anger is a form of public littering."

"Expressing anger is a form of public littering."

Willard Gaylin, American Scientist

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"The anger of lovers renews their love."

"The anger of lovers renews their love."

Terence, Roman Writer

Anger, Love, Lovers

45

"Keep cool; anger is not an argument."

"Keep cool; anger is not an argument."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

Anger, Argument

44

"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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"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

44

"Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years."

"Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years."

Paddy Ashdown, British Politician

Anger, Guilt, Sense, Skin

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"Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined."

"Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined."

Tom Lantos, American Diplomat

Anger, Faith, Government, Financial

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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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"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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"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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"Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution."

"Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution."

Barbara Deming, American Author

Anger, Change, Determination, Affliction

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"I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger."

"I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger."

Alan Alda, American Actor

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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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"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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"My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved."

"My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved."

Roberta Flack, American Musician

Anger, Music, Hope, Today

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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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"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

41

"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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"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

41

"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Anger, Work, Frustration

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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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"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

40

"Anger - a better alternative to caffeine."

"Anger - a better alternative to caffeine."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Anger, Energy, Humor, Emotion

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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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"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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"There are people still in the Republican Party that I believe practice the communication of anger, of disappointment, of regret, of pain, of sorrow, of suffering. That's not what the American people want to hear."

"There are people still in the Republican Party that I believe practice the communication of anger, of disappointment, of regret, of pain, of sorrow, of suffering. That's not what the American people want to hear."

Frank Luntz, American Politician

Anger, People, Communication

39

"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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"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

39

"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

39

"Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously."

"Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously."

Marie de France, French Poet

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"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."

"What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Anger, Love, Fear, Jealousy

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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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"Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace."

"Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

Anger, Peace, Management, Conflict

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"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."

"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."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Anger, Business, Kitchen, Sound

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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

39

"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

39

"When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans."

"When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Anger, Fear, Aggression

38

"What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive."

"What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

Anger, Positive, Emotion, Protest

38

"My hatred is diamond-hard."

"My hatred is diamond-hard."

Jim Goad, Australian Author

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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

38

"Anger is a brief madness."

"Anger is a brief madness."

Horace, Roman Poet

Anger, Madness, Emotion, Control

38

"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

37

"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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"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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"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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