Quotes About Fear

Erik was one of those inadequate people who were so scared by life that they preferred to live under harsh authority, to be told what to do and what to think by a government that allowed no dissent. They were foolish and dangerous, but there were an awful lot of them. Carla

Here in North Africa, American forces were fighting against terrorists whose values were violence, bigotry, and fear.

preocupante posibilidad de que ese día no consiguiera

Solo sirvió para recordarle que el fin de la civilización era posible

George did not press Joe. He was scared enough himself. If he started to discuss the dangers he might talk himself out of going. He looked around the group. He was pleased to see John Lewis, a quietly impressive theology student who was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the most radical of the civil rights groups.

Then the Nazis offer them hope, and they ask themselves: What have I got to lose?

all too familiar, he relived those few traumatic seconds at the wheel of Joe Henry's old black Framo van. He recalled his terror as he saw the border guard kneel down

por Dios, acudiría en ayuda de quienes temían por su vida.

himself, that he might survive tomorrow's

if you go through life worrying about all the bad things that can happen, you soon convince yourself that it's best to do nothing at all. Ross Perot

if you go through life worrying about all the bad things that can happen, you soon convince yourself that it's best to do nothing at all.

pusillanimously

You can't tell what a tyrant is going to do," she said. "Uncertainty is one of their weapons. I've lived under the Nazis as well as the Communists. They're depressingly similar.

This was worse than a Fascist march: it was a Fascist march with police authority. What kind of message did that send to the Jews of the East End?

vieron cómo, hora tras hora, el mundo se iba acercando cada vez más al borde del desastre.

They want you to scare those middling people by violence and rioting. That will get people worrying about the need to maintain order, and stop them thinking about freedom of speech.

Lorsque Merthin avait annoncé son intention de quitter la ville, l'avenir lui était soudain apparu vide de sens et elle avait compris qu'il n'y avait qu'une seule chose au monde pire que celle d'être mariée à Merthin : ne pas l'être.

Es imposible saber lo que hará un tirano —sentenció—. La incertidumbre es una de sus armas. He vivido en la Alemania de los nazis y en la de los comunistas, y son tristemente parecidas.

În situaÈ›ii de criz?, oamenii înfricoÈ™aÈ›i se supuneau oricui p?rea s? È™tie ce face.

She knew she was not going to sleep, as surely as she knew she was not going to fly out of the window.

But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. I haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail

Then the trembling starts to get worse. This must be how they begin, he thinks. Freak-outs. Breakdowns. Crack-ups. Eventually shut-ins and finally cross-offs. But first the cover-up . . .

A bluetick hound bays out there in the fog, running scared and lost because he can't see. No tracks on the ground but the one's he's making, and he sniffs in every direction with his cold red-rubber nose and picks up no scent but his own fear, fear burning down into him like steam.