Quotes by Fear His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. George R. R. Martin blacksinfear Sometimes they threaten you with something - something you can't stand up to, can't even think about. And then you say, Don't do it to me, do it to somebody else, do it to So-and-so. And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn't mean it. But that isn't true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there's no other way of saving yourself, and you're quite ready to save yourself that way. You WANT it to happen to the other person. You don't give a damn what they suffer. All you care is yourself. George Orwell fearmeanthinking If you do not say a thing in an irritating way, you may as well not say it at all because people will not trouble themselves about anything that does not trouble them. George Bernard Shaw feardoepeople If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but I believe the gutters would simply be running with the blood of philanthropists. Gilbert K. Chesterton fearrunningbelieve To fear the examination of any proposition apears to me an intellectual and a moral palsy that will ever hinder the firm grasping of any substance whatever. George Eliot examinationintellectualfear Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor. George Orwell prejudiceignorancefear Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene feardepressionlove Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates. Graham Greene responsehatefear We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live. Greg Graffin live-lifefearopportunity God has not given us the spirit of fear. That comes from the adversary. Gordon B. Hinckley givenspiritfear ... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty, sixty, or seventy--all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics--many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy. Gloria Steinem epidemicsselffear You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. George Bernard Shaw rewardsfearinspirational I want to be left alone. Greta Garbo lonelylonelinessfear There are those who discover they can leave behind destructive reactions and become patient as the earth, unmoved by fires of anger or fear, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool. Gautama Buddha angerfirefear I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. Groucho Marx fearwittyfunny Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We're afraid.' 'Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We will fall!' 'Come to the edge.' And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew. Guillaume Apollinaire couragefearfall Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness. Gustav Klimt simplefearwriting Has fear ever held a man back from anything he really wanted? George Bernard Shaw fearwantedmen One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid. Gunter Grass bravefearmistake Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified. Guus Kuijer laughterfearfather«4243444546474849505152»
