Afraid Quotes

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My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear.

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.

The Ed Hardy man is confident with a strong sense of personal style. He is not afraid to be seen and take risks. He enjoys comfort and flexible style, yet he wants to stand apart from the crowd.

Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.

Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up.