Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 3
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. Tryon Edwards American Theologian More Tryon Edwards Quotes 1
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. Cyril Connolly English More Cyril Connolly Quotes 1
It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment. Bill Brandt British Photographer More Bill Brandt Quotes 0
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. Denis Diderot French Editor More Denis Diderot Quotes 0
Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon. Emile Durkheim French Sociologist More Emile Durkheim Quotes 0
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. Henry Van Dyke American Poet More Henry Van Dyke Quotes 0
Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. Paul Getty American Businessman More Paul Getty Quotes 0
I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little. James Ellroy American Writer More James Ellroy Quotes 0
As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently. Jim Evans American Athlete More Jim Evans Quotes 0
It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 0
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. Zane Grey American Author More Zane Grey Quotes 0
When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person. Juliana Hatfield American Musician More Juliana Hatfield Quotes 0
I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities. Jennifer Love Hewitt American Actress More Jennifer Love Hewitt Quotes 0
You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing. Thomas Keneally Australian Novelist More Thomas Keneally Quotes 0
Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist. Hans Hofmann German Artist More Hans Hofmann Quotes 0
My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist. Philip Levine American Poet More Philip Levine Quotes 0
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true. Ivor Novello Welsh Musician More Ivor Novello Quotes 0
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. Andre Maurois French Writer More Andre Maurois Quotes 0
The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. Alice Miller Swiss Psychologist More Alice Miller Quotes 0
Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. Hector Hugh Munro British Novelist More Hector Hugh Munro Quotes 0
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. Iris Murdoch Irish Author More Iris Murdoch Quotes 0
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 English Writer More John Ruskin Quotes 0