Quotes About Fear

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare.

Gore, like blood and guts and stuff, I am fine. Suspense, I get super sensitive. I can't handle it.

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us.

People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.

Yes, it is frustrating to listen to those who foment fear, suspicion and intolerance, who don't know the mistakes of history, and are in the midst of repeating them. Have faith that the character of the American people as a whole is such that, in the end, we will choose not to drink this brand of soiled milk.

It was complicated at Madrid. I was suspicious. The lack of recognition for Makelele over there scared me. I was scared it would happen to me. But I should have gone there. Today, I don't regret the career that I have had, but if I could have changed one thing, it would be that: to go to Madrid.

I'm so suspicious of boys-slash-men. I just don't like them or trust them.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

When you're trying to sustain a high level of intensity and panic, sometimes it actually helps to have something happen that makes you really afraid because even if in real life it wouldn't make you that scared, to take that little bit of fear and be melodramatic about it, I guess, and convince yourself that it's worse, can be effective.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.

I hope my kids can experience the seasons and a climate that's sustainable. The idea that things are going to be so very different for them is slightly scary.

The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.

Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the note as soon as I could.

I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians.

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.

I swear to God I was freaked out about the Aswang when I was a kid in the Philippines.

So, for the most part, I really like when I read a scene that scares me and makes me sweat a little bit, thinking about doing it. That's usually a good sign to me.

I know I was known as a ladies man and all that, but even the thought of holding my heroine's hand made me break into a sweat.

When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back.

I sweat a lot because I get really nervous.

I like it when my heart's pounding and I'm sweating and I'm nervous.