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Fear Quotes


"From the test situations which were used to reveal fears, it was found that Peter showed even more marked fear responses to the rabbit than to the rat."
Fear,


"I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones."


"But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure."


"A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings."


"It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else."


"Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire."


"Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre."


"If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear."


"Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise."


"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty."


"Vertigo is something else than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which temps and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defense ourselves."


"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."


"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."


"I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person."


"Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding."


"We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer."
Fear,



"New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans."


"My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us."


"The fear is like metal on my tongue-I've known him but a fragment of time, and yet I'm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. "We're all a little broken. Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart."


"This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it."


"When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand."


"Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure."


"How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?"


"Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create."


"Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side."


"We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number."


"I try not to laugh too loud, afraid a bark-like noise will be mistaken by any great whites lurking in the area as the distress call of a juvenile seal."


"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them."


"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."
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