I’m fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there’s a lot of poetry in it. There’s a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ‘cause it’s important.
Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.
Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze.
I have a right to my anger, and I don’t want anybody telling me I shouldn’t be, that it’s not nice to be, and that something’s wrong with me because I get angry.
Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.
We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
As long as anger, paranoia and misinformation drive our political debate, there are unhinged souls among us who will feel justified in turning to violent remedies for imagined threats.
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.
We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.
I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.
You must have anger, as rightful wrath is what makes you create your own ethical standards.
Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.
Hatred, anger, and violence can destroy us: the politics of polarization is dangerous.
Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery.
We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
Envy, propelled by fear, can be even more toxic than anger, because it involves the thought that other people enjoy the good things of life which the envier can’t hope to attain through hard work and emulation.
Anger does not solve problems – anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, ‘Don’t make important decisions when you’re angry.’
As much time and effort, emotion, anger, love, joy that you put into another human being, you’re not guaranteed to receive that back. And that’s OK. That’s alright.
Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
I do like to write nasty songs. It’s a useful weapon to have, and it’s cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.
Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.
I don’t think you can create art out of anger; it has to come out of some form of understanding. You have to feel good about who you are and that you could do something to change things.
