Quotes About Fear

I've never been scared of snakes. I'm really, truly arachnophobic - I hate spiders - but snakes have never freaked me out. I think they're really beautiful.

As a kid, I really, truly believed that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, something really bad was going to happen.

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.

I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing.

If you only share your best pictures, or your Facetuned self, the thought of people seeing you as you truly are can be scary.

Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge.

But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.

I believe Donald Trump is a bona fide authoritarian. I am deeply concerned that if he were president of the United States, he would act accordingly.

On a global scale, the way Trump talks about dealing with foreign policy is very scary.

If Trump becomes president, he wouldn't be afraid to step on toes. And he'll be feared by the world.

When Trump goes after the media and calls it fake news, he should be impeached - and everyone should say this. But the media lives in fear.

Trump's words do have power. Power to inspire and influence. Also power to intimidate and incite fear.

We have Donald Trump standing up as one of the greatest fear-mongers in this nation's history. He's trying to make us afraid of each other.

When I heard Donald Trump make that sweeping hysterical statement that all Muslims have to be banned because they are terrorists, I was chilled by that.

What Trump has done is tap into a deep-seated anxiety about where the country is headed. There is an anxiety that is real and sincere. Many people feel helpless.

I think Donald Trump's had a pattern of leaping on the bandwagon of anything that he feels will further his candidacy, and if that means sowing more fear and paranoia and playing into a kind of xenophobic populist strain, then that's what he will do.

People are terrified of them to the point where Trump wants to ban all Muslims from coming here, which is ridiculous.

A lot of artists are scared when they see trumpet players show up - they like, 'Nah, that ain't what I want.' I try to tell them, 'Dude, I'll give you trademark Mannie Fresh, but it's not about keyboards and a drum machine.'

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

Because my parents were illegal, they couldn't trust anybody. They were always nervous. A neighbor could be like, 'These people are making too much noise, their children are making too much noise,' and the cops could knock at our door and ask for our papers, and that's it. It's that simple. So you're always a little closed.

Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still believe are your equals. And a fearful people never trust the other side.

I got robbed once. A man pulled a gun on me and snatched my pocketbook in a car. I don't trust men that much any more.

It's hard for me to trust people, and especially girls it's - I don't really like doing the whole opening-up thing with girls.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.