Bob Stoops

There was a period of time where the two most wanted guys in the state of Oklahoma were me and Josh Heupel. Me for suggesting that you could throw the ball at Oklahoma and in the Big 12. And Josh Heupel for having the temerity to play quarterback and not be able to run faster than 5 flat.

American Coach

Joe Wurzelbacher

Yes, I have a website that puts out conservative news. Yes, I am part owner of a gun company. Yes, I'm a Republican who was cast into the limelight for having the temerity to confront Barack Obama on the question of redistributing wealth... But I'm a working man, and I'm working.

American Celebrity

Sterling Hayden

John Brown was one of my longtime heroes, and it was with no little amount of temerity that I accepted the role. There are some things I am hesitant about, and playing a hero of mine is one of them.

Michiko Kakutani

President Trump not only lies with astonishing temerity and abandon, but those lies connect into equally false narratives that gin up the worst fears and prejudices of his base.

American Critic

Sarah Millican

Forgive me but I've been tutted at in Paris a fair few times and I still don't know if it's because I was wearing Asda jeans or had the temerity to order food in a restaurant.

Dick Cheney

I've been criticized because I've had the temerity to speak out and done a couple of interviews since I left office. I don't find anything surprising about that.

American Vice President

Kary Mullis

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

American Scientist

Dawn Foster

Sitting on public transport is an occasionally exasperating experience if you have the temerity to attempt travelling while female.

British Journalist

Livy

Roman Historian

Temerity suggests a boldness that exceeds the limits of confidence into recklessness or disrespect.

Excessive Boldness

While boldness can be positive, temerity often implies negative judgement of someone's behavior.

Negative Connotation

The appropriateness of temerity depends on context; in some situations, it might be admired.

Context Sensitive

 was that you could call out your opponent for going low, and then take advantage of the moral high ground to go as low or lower, because calling for civility sets up the speaker as a model of decorum while implicitly, subtly stigmatizing anyone with the temerity to disagree as uncivil.