2,198 quotes found
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.”
“When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.”
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
“No nice men are good at getting taxis.”
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”
“Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than ...”
“A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.”
“The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who pleases Mommy and Daddy but internalizes anger, you're setting yourself up for disease.”
“He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.”
“A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.”
“I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lo...”
“In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed ...”
“President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's stagnating. And so, what they're now going to try and do is bring...”
“Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.”
“Boxing was a way to express my anger. All of a sudden, I was expressing anger, and I was good at it. I was like a Jekyll and Hyde. Boxing helped me because I was fighting the anger out. I was knock...”
“Anger is a good motivator.”
“I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine.”
“One good thing I'd like to say about divorce is that it sometimes makes it possible for you to be a much better wife to your next husband because you have a place for your anger - it's not directed...”
“I have a good relationship with the world. But I don't know what the trick is to maintaining it.”
“When I played a club in Salt Lake City, I complained to the crowd about the low turnout. It's always good to berate the people who paid to see you because you're upset about the people who didn't s...”