Afraid Quotes

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

I always recommend, if you can, to patent or protect whatever your idea is. If you can't, you have to make your best judgment. Sometimes people don't get anywhere because they sit on something, so afraid to reveal it. And yet, in the reverse, sometimes if you expose something too widely, you can risk losing it.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.

I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.

What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me.

There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

I'm afraid this man will kill me some day.

I started thinking: 'Okay, what's wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of?

My wife was afraid of the dark... then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?

The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried.

I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product.

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.