Quotes About Fear

Living in Beijing, writing about politically sensitive things now and then, you get used to the idea that somebody, somewhere, might be watching. But it is usually an abstract threat.

When something is presented as an existential threat, it is very easy to scare the Israelis.

It's pretty clear that a lot of people in politics see me as a threat, and they should, because I am.

One thing I can tell you: with the threat of death hanging over you, you live life to the fullest.

We have to get away from thinking that everyone coming to the United States is a threat.

In the U.S, Zika outbreaks are hopefully going to be easy to isolate. The biggest threat is likely to be from the fear Zika sows, especially among expectant moms.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.

The unmerited fear of genetically modified organism crops threatens scientific advancements in biotechnology needed to meet the growing global demand for safe and affordable food.

People could be really horrible, you know? They would threaten my parents.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us.

Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a reality we fear may rob our living of any significance.

Global terrorism threatens every region.

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler.

I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.

I know what it's like to be threatened. I know what it's like to be humiliated and targeted.

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.

Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God's name, but that gift was a frightening reality that threatened to consume her. Israel, who would be tempted by the idolatrous presumption she possessed God's name, rightly never forgot she could not say God's name.

I am not made to be pulled into the public as a person. I feel threatened there.

I just hope and pray that I never get threatened by younger actresses coming up behind me. I hope I won't, but you never know what's going to hit you.

The situation with Anders Frisk is clear: he was threatened by the supporters of Chelsea, and he retired because he was in fear. This is serious.