#tempe

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#am #because #ever #finish #first

In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments. ↗

— Artur Rodzinski

#nationalities #orchestra #temperaments #types

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#himself #man #manner #temper #tone

You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality. ↗

— Amy Irving

#brazilians #comfortable #face #feel #food

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. ↗

— Washington Irving

#constant #edged #grows #keener #never

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. ↗

— William James

#devout #esteem #facts #itself #neutralized

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. ↗

— William James

#clash #extent #great #great extent #history

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #bitter #born #century #disciplined

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. ↗

— John Ruskin

#best #condition #easily #effort #our

An awful lot has been written about my temper. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#awful #been #lot #temper #written