Quotes having the keyword Temperament
Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.
by Madeleine L'Engle (Novelist, American , born in 1918) keywords: angel, artistic, battleground, bright, creativity, dark, destruction, seems, sometimes, temperament , wrestling
My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist.
by Philip Levine (Poet, American , born in 1928) keywords: geared, novelist , temperament
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.
by Alice Miller (Psychologist, Swiss , born in 1923) keywords: character, children, defend, fact, less, mistreated, parents, permitted, reason, temperament, than, their, themselves, were , why
Music inflames temperament.
by Jim Morrison (Musician, American , born in 1943) keywords: music , temperament
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
by Iris Murdoch (Author, Irish , born in 1919) keywords: being, end, good, just, matter , temperament
It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them.
by Robert Nozick (Philosopher, American , born in 1938) keywords: also, angle, another, attack, bold, case, generate, guess, ideas, interesting, new, philosophy, proof, requiring, temperament, them , try
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.
by John Ruskin (Writer, English , born in 1819) keywords: absolutely, best, condition, easily, effort, our, power, principle, successful, suited, temperament, try , within
Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income.
by Logan P. Smith (Writer, American , born in 1865) keywords: entirely, income, matter, solvency , temperament
American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.
by John Philip Sousa (Musician, American , born in 1854) keywords: advantage, american, foreign, indisputable, judge, lights, ones, over, shadows, teachers, temperament , understand
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
by Bennie Thompson (Politician, American , born in 1948) keywords: agenda, any, aside, both, court, fairly, individual, interpret, justice, law, next, nominee, political, possess, protecting, put, record, rights, should, strong, successful, supreme, temperament, willingness , wisdom
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) topics: Art keywords: art, result, temperament, unique , work
To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
by Florenz Ziegfeld (Producer, American , born in 1869) keywords: accentuate, actually, apt, dancer, dancing, difference, differently, group, illustrate, interpret, may, mean, others, particular, phrase, reveal, rhythm, same, she, technique, temperament, thorough, time , unison