Quotes About Fear

The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it's come to the point where they don't need to give any reason at all.

I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there. A very good possibility.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Well, the thing is, I actually have a fear of horses, so I wouldnt make a very good cowboy.

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

There's a pretty good chance that you're going to go down when you're on a motorcycle or if you're sky diving or whatever, but that happened before I even got this job, and I haven't sky dived since.

The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out?

And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.

There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.

Is almost a good enough reason for fear?

I was also ready to believe, though, that whatever good things I had managed to set upright could topple at any second.

Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Everyone values the good nature of a man with a gun.

You can't stop everything from happening. But we've gotten to a point where we're certainly trying. If a car doesn't have four hundred air bags in it, then it's no good.

Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.

Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.

All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.

Most good thinking has its origin in fear.