Quotes About Fear

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.

There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies)

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

Death hides within every religion. And at any time it can flash forth-not with healing in its wings but with poison, with that which wounds.

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

"Firewall" seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides "military" and "government?"

In my own personal time, horror films freak me out too much, so I tend to steer clear of watching horror films on my own.

Any time a new horror film comes out that looks appealing, I'm always excited to go see it.

I think Will Smith's character says it best in his opening speech when he says, "We long for love, we wish we had more time and we're afraid of death."

When I was 12 and met my real father for the first time, I was terrified I would lose the one I already had.

Fear was there, too, cold and hot at the same time, making everything in the plain room sharper, with fewer shadows.

Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.

I think the first time you try anything in a public way, you feel really exposed.

I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it.

Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything.

I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder.

One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting.