Quotes About Fear

Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them.

Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese.

What your soldier wants - really, really wants - is no-one shooting back at him.

YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard to break.

I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.

A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.

Conservatives understand Halloween, liberals only understand Christmas. If you want to control a population, don't give it social services, give it a scary adversary.

What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

Tris." I keep staring. "Tris." I finally look at him. "I just don't want to lose you.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.

I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way.'

I think people - what people want to do is make [economy] get worse.

Health care's complicated, can be misrepresented, it's personal, it can spark fear, it's expensive, and the people who have got the money want to keep it.

Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

I actually have a life I said I wanted to have. I wanted to tell stories I want and be with my family. I'm whispering it, because I'm a quarter Jewish and afraid it's all going to be taken away.

You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.

Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.

You should never be afraid of people... such fear can destroy us completely. You've simply got to get rid of it, if you want to turn into someone decent. You understand that, don't you?

I'm such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how.

I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.