Quotes About Fear

I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

'The Black Prism' is a story about two brothers who respect and fear and admire and contend with and shape each other. In other words, it's a story of normal brothers - who happen to be in extraordinary circumstances.

The last place I would ever want to go is prison.

The only time you can be completely free from risk is when you're in prison.

From kindergarten, I knew that politics is something that you talk about only at home, because if you weren't quiet, your parents might be taken to prison. All Estonian families have these kind of stories.

No one wants to be sent to prison, including me.

People say people who spend too many years in prison don't know how to act when they get free. I don't know how I am going to act, how I am going to kill time, once I am not a fighter. Retirement scares me, and I have to think about how I am going to handle it.

When I was a child, I had an intense fear of going to prison. I wasn't on the run or anything - my crimes were small and they were all against fashion. But I had nightmares about accidentally killing someone, or being falsely accused.

I got rounded up by the police in Quito as I didn't have my passport with me. I was in prison for a night, which was pretty frightening, made more so when one of my male companions started crying.

My biggest fear growing up was that I would end up in prison. That was the fate of growing numbers of my peers.

I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed.

I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.

Our national security requires us to be strong and fearless, but not at the cost of personal privacy.

Sometimes, fame does scare me. When people know where you are and what you're doing, that can be frightening because I'm such a private person. So I like to try and keep things light-hearted and stay as private as possible.

I always did music privately as a hobby, I think partly because I was nervous to do it in front of other people.

I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.

When those with wealth and power fear that their privilege is even mildly challenged, they invariably clothe themselves in the garbs of victimhood.

I have the fear of losing everything. At times, I get these reality checks which make me aware of what a privileged life I lead.

I can scare myself like a pro.

When I turned pro, it was one of my goals to get ranked in the top 50. I didn't really feel the pressure. I had some fear but at the same time I was happy to play tennis and playing stronger players.

There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.