#temperament

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#bach #been #born #composing #due

Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#conversation #disciplined #distressed #engaging #fellow

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#conservatism #conservative #i #kind #person

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions. ↗

— James Callaghan

#experience #firm #however #incapable #intellect

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#background #both #comes #explosive #father

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

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#cut #garment #heart #intellect #speaks

Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. ↗

— Paul Getty

#emotional responses #emotions #like #men #men and women

British girls are as temperamental as Americans. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#temperamental