Words matter. These are the best Tempered Quotes from famous people such as Taylor Caldwell, William Hague, Spencer Abraham, Jawaharlal Nehru, Janis Ian, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.
A theory must be tempered with reality.
I had a vague idea of the song’s impact in the ’60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood ‘Society’s Child’ real impact.
He’s a very sweary sort of bad tempered curmudgeon of a man. That’s the joy of my dad, that he’s not a conventional nice grandpa, or indeed a conventional nice dad.
As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved.
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
Most people imagine that resolving particular problems will make them happy. If only one had more money, or love, or success, then life would feel manageable. It can be devastating to realize the falseness of such tempered optimism.
I tremendously enjoyed my journey in professional wrestling, and I wouldn’t want to trade a time or a place, even the low times, because it was those things that kind of tempered me and forged me and pushed me ahead to be here now.
I was an insecure young man. So my need for total dedication from the people I was working with was very great. Those things were tempered as time passed by.
I find dealing with tempered chocolate a bit tricky, but that’s a chocolatier’s job. So I dabble, but I wouldn’t profess to be good at it.
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.
A vaccine introduces a small amount or a tempered version of the virus into the body – just enough to that the body is able to recognize it and deal with it when it encounters it again in the future.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
Socially, in most groups I tempered my conversations on my approach to health because those who entrusted their lives to allopathic, ‘standard of care’ Western doctors might not want to entertain the idea that they might have made the wrong choice or that their way wasn’t the best way.
In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.
I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.
I keep fit, I work out, I eat pretty damn well, I don’t drink like a fish, and all of those things are tempered with a holistic mind-set that you need to damn well respect the vehicle that you’re walking around in.
The idea that America has some distinctive role to play in the unfolding of God’s plan is compatible with orthodox Christianity. But it should be tempered by recognizing that America is not the church.
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.
My dad talks about the times when we’d play backyard cricket: If I got bowled out, I’d just refuse to let go of the bat and swing it at anyone who tried to take it away from me. I like to think that’s been tempered a bit over the years.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
To be a good actor… it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.
If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.
A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning.
I am Nia – I have certain traits of my own, and I won’t mind telling people that I am a short tempered, immature, silly, normal girl who does mistakes very unlike the sanskari bahu on screen.
