#temper

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time. ↗

— David Eagleman

#hypotheses #mind #multiple #part #same

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#born #depend #does #grow #health

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#discretion #must #schoolmasters #temper

I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#check #even #genealogy #going #got

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#always #bothered #bully #i #know

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#company #crowd #digestion #even #exercised

Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature. ↗

— David Tudor

#like #much #performing #putting #raising

I was interested in variations in temperatures of the oceans over the past millennium. But there are no records of these changes so I had to find proxy measures: coral growth, ice cores and tree rings. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#coral #find #growth #had #i

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them. ↗

— Robert Nozick

#angle #another #attack #bold #case

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid. ↗

— Will Oldham

#fierce #had #i #i can #kid