Quotes About Fear

You wonder, 'How could it possibly be me?' Well, of course it could happen to you. You have it. Then, of course, you wake up every morning, and you hope it's a bad dream. Then you wake up. I have cancer.

The end of times has always been a fascination. But post 9/11, pretty much everybody will admit to having it on their minds more frequently than when they were a kid.

I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'

I went to see 'The Babadook' at the cinema. Even as I was walking there, I was thinking, 'What the hell am I doing here?' Before I would never have seen something that had a poster proclaiming it was shockingly scary or 'You won't sleep at night.' But I paid money and really enjoyed it.

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

I think the idea of losing your hair is still very potent, emotional thing.

It's very real, the narrow line between a night danced away and the potential of death around the corner.

I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the Internet.

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them.

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

We've lost our city. I fear it's potentially like Pompeii.

I've always felt like if I had a bad practice, I could potentially get cut the next day.

I graduated from college December of 2017 and looking ahead and thinking about potentially starting a book, I just kept getting hung up before even starting because I didn't want to write a book that only people that have served in the military or that have been to combat could understand.

As a dancer, you go from one show to the next, and you never know where your next pound is coming from, and I think that's what makes me say yes to so many things, because there's always a fear that you won't have a job.

I think being in a car is far more dangerous. I feel much more in control with a 16 foot croc, 3,000 pounds jaw pressure trying to have a go at me.

If I was 120 pounds, I still ain't going white-water rafting.

Cancer can catch even the best of us off guard. Sometimes the emotions come pouring out. Sometimes they stay locked inside.

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.

Fear is a powerful beast. But we can learn to ride it.

Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.

My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.

I'm phobic about the idea of being constrained.

Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear.