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Quotes About Fear

In the older folklore, faeries were frightening beings. In fact, it was such a bad idea to get their attention that people would use flattering euphemisms for them, such as 'the people of peace,' 'the little people,' and 'the good neighbors.'
~ Holly Black
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds.
~ Iain Banks
It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
My first experience playing for England was very scary and nerve wracking.
~ Eniola Aluko
I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.
~ Mark Rylance
Auditioning is so nerve-racking.
~ Leslie Mann
I always played on my nerves - on the edge.
~ Alex Higgins
I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
~ Eric Clapton
In the past, before games, I would near enough make myself ill. Nerves and stuff.
~ Craig Bellamy
Nerves are good. They keep you alive.
~ Idina Menzel
I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears.
~ Tori Spelling
You have to bury nerves, because they can either destroy you or give you that extra boost. You have to use your nerves in a good way. Don't let them destroy you.
~ Tori Bowie
The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.
~ Neymar
Every time I compete, I still get nervous. There are the nerves that are because 'oh this is really going to hurt,' then there's the, 'I have to go fast and I don't know how fast everyone else is going to go,' nerves.
~ Rich Froning Jr.
The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.
~ Devlin Hodges
My nerves sometimes hijack my body and I am no longer in the driver's seat.
~ Chrishell Stause
Because I've always been a fairly nervous person.
~ David Sedaris
I'm nervous and awkward.
~ Dylan O'Brien
Be very nervous of the shaky hands.
~ Ja Rule
You're confident, you're going to the ring to fight, but there's always that little thing where you're thinking, 'God.' You're nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.
~ Anthony Joshua
With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
~ Felicity Jones
The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.
~ Vince Gilligan
I get really nervous, really anxious.
~ Maura Tierney
I'm nervous when taking part in any movie.
~ Jamie Campbell Bower