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Quotes About Panic

Very nice. Perfect background for an anxiety attack, really. But then, lately panic went with everything, didn't it? The new black.
~ J.R. Ward
her nerves turning her body into a trampoline and her mind into a whirlpool. The trick was waiting through the panic phases and then shoring up her strength when the fear lightened up.
~ J.R. Ward
Horror flooded his face. "Oh, Christ!
~ J.R. Ward
The Iranian government still denies the Holocaust - so you can't take them seriously. And the Israeli government spreads rumours and disinformation about Iran - because it needs to for the creation of panic. I find these theological states - and in this respect, Israel and Iran are twin brothers - very, very dangerous.
~ Daniel Barenboim
Last Friday night, I Twitted a photograph of myself that I intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle. Once I realized I posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked. I then continued with that story, to stick to that story which was a hugely regrettable mistake.
~ Anthony Weiner
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
~ Jean Anouilh
Panic does not help, even if you are unable to answer. Try to ask questions to the interviewers as well and it should be impressive enough.
~ Chetan Bhagat
All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged by the spilling of blood.
~ Laurie Lee, I Can't Stay Long
The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when he wishes to stampede a people into war.
~ Maude Royden
Panic bells, it's red alertThere's something hereFrom somewhere elseThe war machine springs to lifeOpens up one eager eyeFocusing it on the skyWhere 99 red balloons go by
~ Nena
We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop.
~ Michael Herr, Dispatches
I guess, my advice would be the following: stay calm and do not let the panic seize you.
~ Kateryna Kei, Raven Boy
Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!
~ Sylvia Nasar
Oh, God," Shannon moans. "We have to boil water," I tell Kenny. "She wants Cup-a-Soup?" "No, it's to sterilize things." "What's that?" I start rummaging through my house looking for anything useful. I get a knife, scissors, salad tongs, clothespins, a bottle of whiskey. Kenny
~ Tawni O'Dell
First, the panic had struck a death blow at his presidency. Now the slavery debate was turning acrimonious, making normal politics impossible.
~ Ted Widmer
I like signing books for a living; I do. But you have no idea the panic that sets in. I am not a very good speller. Put me in a stresser situation, and I lose all capacity to recall how to spell the most simple names.
~ Chelsea Cain
I freak out when I see a spider. I was doing an interview once, and there was this really big, furry spider crawling up the tripod, and I was like, 'I can't do this!'
~ Chloe Kim
This filing spike is a result of bad information being pushed on people, and then they file for bankruptcy out of fear.
~ Steve Bartlett
Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that laughter is an antidote to apprehension and panic.
~ Norman Cousins
It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
~ Thomas Sowell
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The snow moved a little and gave me a void in front of my face - air for a moment. Most importantly it kept me from panicking, and let me open my eyes. There was a dim blue-grey light. I could hear Arsibalt saying Just enough to read by! and Lio answering If only you'd thought to bring a book.
~ Neal Stephenson
Incoming. Are you sure? You sound so calm. Maybe you're wrong. I'm not wrong. Can you do this, Rose? He had to know if she was going to panic. I can kill whoever they send, no problem. Of course I can do this. I'm pregnant, not braindamaged. My condition doesn't change my personality. Kane rubbed his chin. Being pregnant might not have changed her personality, but it certainly made her a bit testy
~ Christine Feehan
The knob turned easily enough, but the door remained closed, as if an unseen force pushed from the other side. For a moment panic welled up. The feeling of being trapped was overwhelming. Raven? Do you need me? Mikhail was instantly there in her mind, his voice gentle and loving. Just the sound of his voice calmed her. Did you lock me in? Not really, I locked everyone else out to protect you.
~ Christine Feehan