Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
Wherever there is injustice, there is anger, and anger is like gasoline - if you spray it around and somebody lights a matchstick, you have an inferno. But anger inside an engine is powerful: it can drive us forward and can get us through dreadful moments and give us power. I learnt this with my discussions with nuclear policy makers.
One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
One of the most interesting things about the cognitive theory is the idea that anger and interpersonal conflict ultimately result from a mental con. In other words, you're telling yourself things that aren't entirely true when you're fighting with someone.
The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.
I'm not as angry as I used to be. But I can get in touch with that anger pretty quickly if I feel my space is being invaded or somebody is not treating me with the respect that I think I want.
Rage is a really fun place to dance from - expressions of anger sublimated into something beautiful are invigorating, especially if you feel like you're telling the truth.
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment.
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not very ladylike.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'
