Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten.
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.
I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.
The Purple Man helps Matt understand that his powers are unique, and maybe he is cut out for the hero biz after all. And Mr. Fear challenges Daredevil's very philosophy; how does a Man Without Fear deal with a man who induces terror in everyone he meets?
I had the fear of heights when I was young, along with many other fears and phobias, including the fear of dogs, bees, horses, and blood.
Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.
I think most models fear growing old, but from a tender age I had always chosen to play someone grown up. I am slowly but surely catching up with the people that I have spent the last decade and a half trying to portray.
For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.
Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of retribution.
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life.
Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.
But now having seen him which is invisible I fear not what man can do unto me.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
We keep on saying 'Jack' and 'he,' but that's one of the great things about the Ripper: its a mystery, which is part of the fascination and the fear. If you can see evil and face it, it often doesn't look so evil, but the Ripper never got caught.
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.
Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know?
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
I don't fear anybody... at all.
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.
We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
Fear is real, but so is love.
Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
I don't have to fear that if I do more comedy I'm not going to get to do everything I want. I'll get to do my 'Yentl.'
