#temper

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#be happy #embrace #happy #illusion #must

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

As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#been #blow #boxing #dodging #fooling

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

#democracy #form #government #ideal #tempered

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

#benevolent #best #government #occasional #tempered

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

#democracy #form #government #ideal #tempered

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