angry quotes

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

— Aristotle

“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.”

— Sigmund Freud

“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

— Alexander Pope

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”

— Plato

“We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.”

— Aristotle

“There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.”

— Mother Teresa

“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”

— Euripides

“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.”

— Sophocles

“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”

— Serj Tankian

“No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me. ”

— Jim Carrey

“My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry. ”

— Jim Carrey

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.”

— Henry Rollins

“I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.”

— Henry Rollins

“A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.”

— Marlene Dietrich

“It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.”

— Wayne Dyer

“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

— William Blake

“I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.”

— Angelina Jolie

“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.”

— Desmond Tutu

“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up. ”

— Johnny Depp

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

— Douglas Adams

“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”

— Mark Twain

“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”

— William Somerset Maugham

“A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.”

— Christopher Morley

angry quotes

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

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

“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.”

“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”

“We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.”

“There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.”

“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”

“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”

“Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.”

“People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”

“No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do. ”

“Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me. ”

“My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry. ”

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ”

“I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.”

“I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.”

“A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.”

“It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.”

“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

“I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.”

“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.”

“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.”

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up. ”

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

“When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.”

“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”

“You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.”

“A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.”