#temper

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist. ↗

— John Barth

#certain #except #god #novelist #realist

Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper. ↗

— Anna Benson

#big #care #dreams #get #harassed

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#barely #been #each #finished #firmly

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#artistic #disease #temperament

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#age #care #great #i #minds

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#deserve #fewer #likewise #love #people

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#believing #chastity #christian #christian religion #deadly

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#controversy #dispute #exact #gains #most

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#himself #man #manner #temper #tone

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#felicity #live #method #peace #pleasure