Quotes about Anger

“There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.”

“I want to understand the anger in the world.”

“Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance.”

“There is a latent anger in a lot of people that went to boarding school at an early age. I was eight. And I loved it over the five years, but I think the adjustments for eight-year-olds are a lot. And I think it informs who you are for a long, long time.”

“I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.”

“I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.”

“Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'”

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

“At times, our collective anger seems a worthwhile thing - it has a weight and shape and force we couldn't achieve as individuals - but at other times, I can't help wondering how much it really accomplishes, if in some ways it might even impede us in our attempts to be more thoughtful, 'enlightened' human beings.”

“While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.”

“An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.”

“I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happiness.”

“Anger and bad experiences used to fuel my performances, but it was horribly draining.”

“There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.”

“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 newsroom, because you're on the front lines.”

“Wrestling is an opportunity to go to a show, be a part of it, and feel the emotions from anger to frustration to sadness to pain - everything that music can make you feel.”

“It's a Gen X thing to be okay with going unnoticed or unrated or untouched. To be free from strangers' expectations, or anger. People got angry at me when I stopped making music because it seemed I was devaluing everything.”

“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”

“I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.”

“I think it's too easy to recount your unhappy memories when you write about yourself. You bask in your own innocence. You revere your grief. You arrange your angers at their most becoming angles.”

“I think I have more humour in me than anger. But those two things are great bed-fellows, performance-wise.”