Fury Quotes

• Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

  William Congreve

  Hell Hath No Fury, Mourning, Chocolate

  "The Mourning Bride". Book by William Congreve, 1697.

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• Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

  Frank Sinatra

  Hell Hath No Fury, Agents, No Revenge

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• And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

  William Shakespeare

  Fire, Two, Together

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1786). “The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere,: With the Notes of All the Various Commentators; Printed Complete from the Best Editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens...”

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• Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

  Francis Quarles

  Anger, Power, Long

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• In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.

  Harlan Coben

  Real, Coincidence, Novel

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• The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.

  Delmore Schwartz

  Country, Jew, Exile

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• Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

  Dick Gregory

  Hell Hath No Fury, Hell, Scorned

  Dick Gregory (1966). “From the Back of the Bus”

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• The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.

  John Podhoretz

  Tactics, Conservative, Republican

  "Conservatives goes wild" by John Podhoretz, nypost.com. January 04, 2013.

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• Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Islamic, Fire, Israel

  "Iranian leader: Wipe out Israel" by Shirzad Bozorghmehr, edition.cnn.com. October 27, 2005.

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• Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

  James H. Cone

  Empowering, African American, Empowerment

  James H. Cone (1992). “Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare”, p.333, Orbis Books

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• Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

  Milton Friedman

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Rights

  Milton Friedman, William Richard Allen (1983). “Bright promises, dismal performance: an economist's protest”, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.

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• Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?

  Kerry Thornley

  Order, Religion, And Love

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• War hath no fury like a non-combatant.

  Charles Edward Montague

  Military, War, Humorous

  Disenchantment (1922) ch. 16

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• Beware the fury of a patient man.

  John Dryden

  Inspirational, Christian, Wise

  'Absalom and Achitophel' (1681) pt. 1, l. 1005

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• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• I understand a fury in your words But not your words.

  William Shakespeare

  Anger, Desdemona

  William Shakespeare (1757). “The Works: Of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes. Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected: with Notes, Explanatory, and Critical: by Mr. Theobald”, p.314

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• Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

  Ben Jonson

  Punishment, Mind, Vices

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.202

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• About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.

  Ernie Pyle

  Two, Bees, Would Be

  Ernie Pyle, David Nichols (1987). “Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches”, Touchstone

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• To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

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• I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting.

  Bradley Whitford

  Frustration, Interesting, Guy

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• The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

  Davy Crockett

  Long, Enemy, Savages

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• Abused patience turns to fury.

  Thomas Fuller

  Patience, Anger, Be Patient

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• The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.

  Erich Maria Remarque

  Men, Giving, Ploughing

  Erich Maria Remarque (2013). “The Road Back: A Novel”, p.249, Random House

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• Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.

  Tatum O'Neal

  Brother, Father, Teeth

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• Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

  Bertrand Russell

  Atheist, People, Criticism

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.76, Lulu Press, Inc

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