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Fear

«In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.»
Author: Caecilius Statius | About: Fear
«It appears that my worst fears have been realized: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed»
Author: Derrick Bell | About: Fear
«I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.»
«If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.»
«It's so much fun playing her [Ling], but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.»
Author: Lucy Liu (Actress) | About: Actors and acting, Fear, Play | Keywords: bite off, ling, run away
«I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.»
«Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.»
«It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.»
Author: James A. Michener | About: Courage, Fear
«It's very healthy for a young girl to be deterred from promiscuity by fear of contracting a painful, incurable disease, or cervical cancer, or sterility, or the likelihood of giving birth to a dead, blind, or brain-damage (sic) baby even ten years la»
«If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.»
Author: Seneca | About: Fear, Life, Living | Keywords: terrify