Quotes About Fear

'Sharp Objects' was scary, unknown territory for me. I wouldn't pick this kind of material to direct if you just gave me the book. Amy Adams was the force that drove me in.

In a lot of ways knowledge kills fear. Once you know who the boogie man is, once you know what's under the bed, it can still be frightening but that fear of the unknown is gone.

I hate the unknown.

I always say I have so many known devils and I prefer them over unknown angels.

I am absolutely certain that my unlawful detention by the Thai authorities was motivated by their fear of youth movements around the world.

Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and there is no jumping off at this point unless I just go nuclear. It's a really interesting part of the whole journey.

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.

All women should understand that a mammogram is nothing to be afraid of. It's not an enemy but a friend. Early detection is the key to the cure.

Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be.

We don't want women to really know men, because then they'll find out how much we need them.

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.

The fear of women is the beginning of knowledge.

Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.

Women are terrified of being raped, but somewhere in the back of the womb there is one rebellious nerve end that tingles with curiosity whenever the word is mentioned.

A woman of many talents. And intelligent, too. He'd probably have to kill her soon.

It is not male hatred of women but male fear of women that is the great universal.

You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.

We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.

A bachelor gets tangled up with a lot of women in order to avoid getting tied up to one.