Quotes about Anger

“It's true - my mother kicked me out the house at 14. I had to go live with my sister. I had some problems. I was very rebellious as a kid. I don't even know why or where it came from, but I had a lot of anger. Me and my mom clashed a lot because she didn't tolerate that, as she shouldn't from a 14-year-old.”

“I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.”

“My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young age when his dad's farm collapsed. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. My father was full of terrifying anger.”

“Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.”

“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.”

“I do not listen to criticism or flattery, one weakens you and the other angers you.”

“When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.”

“Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.”

“Every director, actor, and even producer gets angry on the sets. Why am I the only one being singled out for losing my cool or being talked about vis-a-vis my anger?”

“The further away we got from 9/11, the more I wanted to find some way to recover. I wanted to talk about the more anonymous corners of the city, because I think it's very important that not all of that anger was turned to revenge.”

“Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel it's a very honest emotion.”

“People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.”

“A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.”

“When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.”

“Hopefully, even if I am judged or there's confusion, anger, about how I identify, I hope that people can understand that family is fluid.”

“My anger is constructive.”

“I was very sensitive, so when sensitivity has no place to go, it's often turned into anger or frustration.”

“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 you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.”

“September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.”

“Love is not always bed of roses. When its unfulfilled, it causes immense pain and anger.”