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Angry Quotes

On anger, laughter, and choosing gratitude instead.

These quotes treat anger as a choice as much as a reaction—one that laughter can interrupt, and gratitude can replace, even when playing an angry character on screen. Pair this page with our angry status collection.

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.

Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.

Quotes by Sherman Alexie

Well, a daughter is someone you've grown up with, right? So you know her temperament, you know what makes her angry and how to deal with that person. You're meeting your daughter-in-law when she is an adult already and you...

Quotes by Sharmila Tagore

When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.

Quotes by Shannon Briggs

I feel angry that I have been born into a society where, by no choice of my own, by no agreement, by no actual decision, I am inherently complicit in the destruction of the world. It is hard to do...

Quotes by Severn Cullis-Suzuki

People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.

Quotes by Serj Tankian

I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you from eating, which I liked to do.

Quotes by Septima Poinsette Clark

There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.

Quotes by Sebastian Vettel

I'm just into having fun, because I went through some bad years that really depressed me and made me angry.

Quotes by Sean Young

In 2008, I started a sports talk show called '12 Angry Mascots.'

Quotes by Scott Rogowsky

I was once a fairly angry person.

Quotes by Scott Rudin

When you're playing someone who is angry and sad all the time, you get a little down.

Quotes by Scott Michael Foster

I was always interested in law at school; it was a great outlet to argue but not make anyone angry!

Quotes by Sasha Jackson

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Quotes by Satchel Paige

Show me one director who does not get angry on their assistant for something that has gone wrong. But it is done out of my love. It's just fun when I tell them to face a wall and stand or...

Quotes by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.

Quotes by Samuel West

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.

Quotes by Samantha Bond

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

Quotes by Samantha Morton

I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained my voice so religiously through my teenage years, because I wanted to be able to hit the notes that those females...

Quotes by Sam Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What different takes on anger show up in these quotes?
This mix covers feeling discriminated against without getting angry, a view that anger and laughter can't coexist, playing an angry character on screen, and staying grateful rather than bitter about one's own life.
Is there a quote about anger and laughter being opposites?
Yes: "It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either."
Does a quote talk about feeling discriminated against without getting angry?
Yes - one speaker shares their own experience: "Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."
Is there a quote about playing an angry character?
Yes: "It turns out I do okay just playing an angry self-righteous woman."
Where can I find more quotes about feelings like this?
For more, see our Status and Anger pages.

For related reflections on emotion, browse our anger and feel quotes.