Top 100 When Angry Quotes
#1. Bad things happen when angry people grieve.
Bethany-Kris
#2. But, even when angry, she had a voice that would put finches in their place and lull them to silence.
S.D. Lawendowski
#3. When happy, we possess something we love; when anxious, something we love is at risk; when despondent, something we love has been lost; when angry, something we love is being stolen or kept from us.
Edward T. Welch
#4. A man's peace of mind does not depend upon Fortune; for, even when angry she grants enough for our needs.
Seneca.
#5. Tibetan poet Shabkar said: One with compassion is kind even when angry; one without compassion will kill even as he smiles.
Matthieu Ricard
#6. When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
Mark Twain
#7. No one looks or feels attractive when angry.
Allan Lokos
#8. Speak well of the sun, but know that it can harm you;
when enraged, it is pitiless. Speak well of the ocean, but know that it can injure you; when angry, it is merciless. Speak well of the wind, but know that it can wound you; when provoked, it is ruthless.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#10. When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
Thomas Jefferson
#11. When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.
Cory Booker
#13. When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Mark Twain
#14. The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.
Muhammad
#16. She can be ornery now and then, vain for sure, petulant and impetuous, silly at times, ill disposed toward the help, even malicious and malevolent when angry, but, still, she has always been the one for me.
Rabih Alameddine
#17. When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
Thomas Jefferson
#19. when children loved you, you knew everything, and when they were angry with you, you knew nothing?
Donna Leon
#20. Sometimes, when it seems like the pain is never going to end, I wish I'd gotten a different suite of magical talents from my mother. Like the power to avoid situations that end with me willingly jamming my arm into a door made entirely from animate, apparently angry rose briars.
Seanan McGuire
#21. No one actually saw it land, which raised the interesting philosophical point: When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, but there is no one to hear it, does it - philosophically speaking - make a noise?
Terry Pratchett
#22. Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
Clarence Day
#23. I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.
George H. W. Bush
#24. The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.
Isabel Allende
#25. Oh, William, what pitiable creatures we men are! When we go to church we make the devil angry, when we enjoy ourselves in the inns, we make God angry; we are the unlucky lot stuck between two fires!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#26. At Spezia when I am angry I go full of smoke inside, but when you make me angry I see everything.
Elizabeth Bowen
#27. You'll have more power when you aren't angry. Anger sucks your energy. It makes you weak and distorts your focus.
A. Valentine Joseph
#28. I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be.
Ray Lamontagne
#29. I didn't realize how angry and jealous it would make me to see you being held by another man, and when he dropped his hands to your ass and thrust his leg between yours I wanted to rip his fucking head off and then spin around the room holding it up like a warning sign.
Jen Frederick
#30. When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy. Sometimes it doesn't stop there.
Susan Cheever
#31. If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)
Brigham Young
#32. But I value their hatred. I find it very useful. You see, people are always at their weakest when they're angry.
Lionel Luthor From Smallville
#33. Father laughed, which upset Bruno even more; there was nothing that made him more angry than when a grown-up laughed at him for not knowing something, especially when he was trying to find out the answer by asking questions.
John Boyne
#34. When you're angry you act according to your emotions, not with your mind.
Lakshmi Menon
#35. It is when you are angry that you must watch how you talk.
Chaim Potok
#36. Censorship makes me really angry. I even hate it when people censor themselves.
Emma Stone
#37. Words have power. And I may be privileged and have a higher IQ than any of our former teachers, but when people look at me? They see a black, male teenager. And there is nothing quite as frightening to some folks as an angry young black man.
Michelle Hodkin
#38. Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.
Matt Kenseth
#39. We don't study as children, and we don't make our kids study when we're parents. Our kids perform poorly in school. We might get angry with them, but we never give them the tools - like peace and quiet at home - to succeed.
J.D. Vance
#40. Sometimes, we find ourselves as conservatives being angry when we should be joyful, finding ourselves being negative when we should be positive, because we have a positive message to send ... We ought to be the most compassionate people in the world.
Kevin Cramer
#41. When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.
Sun Tzu
#42. The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.
Alain-Rene Lesage
#43. Sometimes, when you're sad you don't know what to do, it helps to be angry. But then the tears come back again all the same, and you fall asleep with the salty taste of them on your lips.
Cornelia Funke
#44. When I get angry, I start thinking about the people involved and they don't deserve my time.
Simon Weston
#45. I don't get angry very often, but there have been times when I have been frustrated with myself, maybe after playing a bad shot, after getting out, I have done some damage to some equipment of mine. Once or twice in the course of 20 years - I think you can allow me that at least.
Rahul Dravid
#46. The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well.
Frank Luntz
#47. It must sound, I know, as if I had no pity for him; it wasn't true. I was angry because I was terrified. But there are times when a curse is more bracing than an endearment.
Jacqueline Carey
#48. People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when President Obama found out that Tony Hayward was on his yacht, he was so angry, he missed a putt.
David Letterman
#49. You're learning. So why don't we stop pretending? It's so much easier when you give up all those illusions and realize that the only justice you'll get in this life is the justice you dish out. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, mate. You need to sharpen your teeth. Don't get angry. Get even.
Barry Jonsberg
#50. Even when life hurts, I see no reason to give up. All the mistakes makes me angry, and my anger refuses to lose.
Tricia Furtado
#51. Impatience is really a condition for people with control issues; people become impatient, and angry, when they find themselves in any situation beyond their control.
Zane
#52. I mean, it's pretty hard to fight and hate and be angry when you're making music, isn't it?
Jerry Reed
#54. When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him.
Shia Labeouf
#55. When we feel frustrated, angry, betrayed, violated, or enraged, it is in fact because our outside experience is so different from what we already hold dear inside.
Ronald Rolheiser
#56. The mouth of a passionate lover ... or a woman who would bite when she was angry.
MaryJanice Davidson
#57. When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can. (Bunny from picture book)
Cornelia Maude Spelman
#58. When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense.
Henry Rollins
#59. When you do something because you're angry, you almost always do the wrong thing.
Christopher Pike
#60. When I am really angry, I clam up, go cold.
Ram Kapoor
#61. Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.
James Tiptree Jr.
#62. When you are angry - stop, breath, relax, step back, think, and forgive before you react.
Debasish Mridha
#63. You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.
Alison Lurie
#64. It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.
Jane Asher
#65. They were more severely infected than the men, because while men were always getting furious, they calmed down in the end; women, who appeared to be silent, acquiescent, when they were angry flew into a rage that had no end.
Elena Ferrante
#66. What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. I mean, I don't sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It's not worth it ... And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it's all small stuff.
Joel Siegel
#67. When you are angry, do not speak, but close your eyes. You can regain your inner peace with a word of prayer.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#68. Invite Tranquility
The sea,
Something to look at
When we are angry.
Reiko Chiba
#69. HALT stands for hungry, angry, lonely and tired and you should never make a decision when you are any of those things.
Gary Halbert
#70. When you're angry and the fire of revenge is burning your mind, that is the best time to practice calmness, forgiveneess, kindness and love
Debasish Mridha
#71. If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
Ice-T
#72. It was easier than I expected, maybe because I was too angry and too afraid to really pay attention to what I was doing. Things are always easy when you refuse to let yourself remember how dangerous they are.
Seanan McGuire
#73. Transportation is the center of the world! It is the glue of our daily lives. When it goes well, we don't see it. When it goes wrong, it negatively colors our day, makes us feel angry and impotent, curtails our possibilities.
Robin Chase
#74. Oooh you think I'm cute when I'm angry?? Well get ready, cause I'm about to get GORGEOUS!
Hazim Bangwar
#75. When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?
C.J. Heck
#76. When I started working in a feminist feminine magazine all my life was about rebelling against male authority, which is authority in general is male, so it was rebelling against everything. Everything that was around me made me angry.
Isabel Allende
#77. Mara hurries over and takes my hands. "Er, congratulations on your pending nuptials?"
I whisper, "He'll be so angry when he learns I have engaged us without his knowledge.
Rae Carson
#78. He's just ... immature. He thinks every woman he meets is crazy for him, gets angry at little things, and blames other people when things go wrong.
Nicholas Sparks
#79. You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
W. Somerset Maugham
#80. When I was a kid, there was unhappiness in my family - was dealt with partly by escaping to television. And from a very early age, for whatever reason, I became scornful and resistant to and angry about that. And some other time in my life, I realized that there's a lot I loved in television.
Robert Pinsky
#81. I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
Caleb Carr
#82. I often cried when I got angry; I hated that. Crying just made you look weak, no matter what triggered it.
Charlaine Harris
#83. What is perfection anyway in the physical? It is an idea we have. When it doesn't happen we get all bent out of shape and frustrated and angry and then unhappy, we take it out on everybody.
Frederick Lenz
#84. But when I got angry, my nerves sought an outlet, and my mouth didn't always guard the gates.
N.K. Jemisin
#85. An angry man is, again, angry with himself when he returns to reason.
Publilius Syrus
#86. It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo ... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.
Jon Stewart
#87. When God is truly angry, He will not send vengeful angels.
He will send Magdalena.
Then take her away.
Josh Bazell
#88. Libby wasn't a big talker - Michelle and Debby seemed to hog all her words. She made pronouncements: I like ponies. I hate spaghetti. I hate you. Like her mother, she had no poker face. No poker mood. It was all right there. When she wasn't angry or sad, she just didn't say much.
Gillian Flynn
#89. Life is so short. The only person you hurt when you stay angry or hold grudges is you. Forgive everyone, including yourself.
Tom Giaquinto
#90. When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.
Michael Franti
#91. If you're not angry, then you're just stupid, you don't care. How else can you react when something's so unfair?
Ani DiFranco
#92. I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write ... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?
Fiona Apple
#93. When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have made the difference. The reward will go to those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout the prevailing prejudices.
John Shelby Spong
#94. I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.
Tom Colicchio
#95. What do you buy a woman to get back on her good side when you've made her really, really angry? Cake? Fudge?"
The wrinkles on the old man's face scrunched together as he frowned.
"How angry did you make her boy?"
"She set my car on fire.
Alanea Alder
#96. That's what an idiot does when he gets angry. He destroys whatever's nearest, even if it's his own house!
Joe Abercrombie
#97. No, they'll dance with you and then say I am justly called mysterious," he said.
"You are odious."
"Quite so, but admit you've never danced better than these last few moments when you were too angry to think about it.
Caroline Stevermer
#98. But when we ask Him to change them, He will. When we're angry, or upset for any reason, we're asked to say, "I'm angry but I'm willing not to be. I'm willing to see this situation differently." We ask the Holy Spirit to enter into the situation and show it to us from a different perspective.
Marianne Williamson
#99. When we resort to screaming at someone, we are revealing weakness and a sense of helplessness. If we can't seem to get our message or feelings across any other way, then we get angry, and we get loud!
Cathy Burnham Martin
#100. Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful.
Nhat Hanh
