Quotes tagged ‘Temper’

“Joey Zasa: The Miucci association and elected you their Italian American man of the year. [hands Michael a plaque] Michael Corleone: Oh, Miucci. Who's Miucci? Joey Zasa: He's the Italian American who invented the telephone. He did it one year before Alexander Graham Bell. Michael Corleone: Oh. And t…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“Michael Corleone: [after learning of Zasa's assassination] Don't ever give an order like that again. Not while I'm alive. Vincent Mancini: Uncle Mike, it had to be done. You were too sick to make a decision. I got the go ahead from Neri and Connie. Michael Corleone: Connie. Vincent Mancini: It was t…”

— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Michael Corleone, Al Pacino, imdb.com

“Because maybe the whole point of anger is to teach us how to be even more compassionate and more tolerant.”

— Rania Naim, shopcatalog.com

“Ned: Alright, that's it, young man! No Bible stories for you tonight! Maude: Weren't you a little hard on him? Ned: Well, you knew I had a temper when you married me.”

— Jon Vitti, Ned Flanders, Harry Shearer, imdb.com

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.”

— Baseball, en.wikiquote.org

“I don't have a temper, I have passion. I get frustrated and fucked off and wound up with idiots quickly, so I get straight to the point. Cut the bullshit. That's healthy.”

— Gordon Ramsay, esquire.com

“You told Danny to watch his temper. What else did you worry about? Danny said you had a puppy, but he died. Your son is ill, and he needs help. The truth is, the only thing Danny isn't capable of is remorse. He feels nothing. The son you were trying to protect...is a sociopath.”

— Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer, imdb.com

“Because they're terrified of her. I heard from someone that when they cut one of her lines, she climbed up the rope on side of the stage and started dropping lights on people’s heads. Story like that has got to be true.”

— Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“I am sure most of it is my fault. I do not want to adjust myself to life as it is… I kill everything with my awful temper…”

— Greta Garbo, amazon.com

“You ruin your life with negativity and allowing yourself to get lost in it. Your short temper and stubborn nature will get you in a lot of trouble. You live in a negative world sometimes that people don’t want to be a part of.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

“I'm sorry for losing my temper the night you told me Louis proposed to you. I'm sorry for not waiting longer at the Empire State Building. I'm sorry for treating you like property. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I loved you when I knew I did. Most of all I'm sorry I gave up on us when you never did.”

— Jake Coburn, imdb.com