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Quotes About Apprehension

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
~ Jean Anouilh
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.
~ William Manchester
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
~ Alexis Carrel
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
~ Baruch Spinoza
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
~ George Santayana
Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!
~ Sylvia Nasar
Schema therapy gives us a clear map of destructive habits. It details the emotional contours of, say, the fear of abandonment, with its constant apprehension that a partner will leave us; or of feelings of vulnerability, such as the irrational fear that a minor setback at work means you will end up jobless and homeless.
~ Tara Bennett-Goleman
Fear is the anticipation of future pain. The
~ Tara Brach
De qué tenéis miedo?– pero ellas no contestaron y se limitaron a mirarla furtivamente, y Aspasia comprendió que temían darle un nombre a su terror, no fuera a acudir como ante una llamada.
~ Taylor Caldwell
I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.
~ Gene Wilder
Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising.
~ Joseph Heller
Laughter may or may not activate the endorphins or enhance respiration, as some medical researchers contend. What seems clear, however, is that laughter is an antidote to apprehension and panic.
~ Norman Cousins
I'm every woman's dream and every man's nightmare.
~ Ric Flair
For love is held by the tie of obligation, which, because men are a sorry breed, is broken on every whisper of private interest; but fear is bound by the apprehension of punishment which never relaxes its grasp.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
It was never a big leap from unfamiliar to suspected
~ Christie Golden
The soldiers cringed
~ Christopher Paolini
Why do I feel as if I'm about to hear a sentence passed?' 'Why do you feel as if you should?
~ Una McCormack
Basta guardare certe persone per diffidarne; si intuisce che sono anime nere, inquieti dietro, minacciosi davanti.
~ Victor Hugo
All anyone could talk about was the gloomy future and the shocking present.
~ Kristin Hannah
like a kid in a time-out, looking terrified. Crystal's
~ Kristin Hannah
Alec looked horrified, as if she'd asked him to put on a tutu and execute a perfect pirouette.
~ Cassandra Clare
Sometimes we think we know what to fear. We never turn our back on it. Then something else we never thought of comes along. I wonder if what finally caught her in the end was something she feared all that time, or something she never would have thought of.
~ Catherine Ryan Hyde
her footsteps on the stairs. I was expecting
~ Cathy Glass
Grasp the subject; the words will follow.
~ Cato the Elder