Scared Quotes - Page 15

• I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Self, Needs

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Those individuals from the far left, and I'm talking about the Hollywood elitists and the United Nations and those individuals want us to believe it's because we are contributing CO2 to the atmosphere, that's causing global warming. It's all about money. I mean, what would happen to the Weather Channel's ratings if all the sudden people weren't scared anymore?

  James Inhofe

  Believe, Mean, Talking

  "Meet the Republicans’ Top Guy on the Environment, James Inhofe" by Juliet Lapidos, takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com. November 12, 2014.

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• And me I'm in the bathroom crying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a man when you're scared, just like a little kid.

  Conor Oberst

  Kids, Men, Littles

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• ......And she's courageous but scared to death But that's what courage means

  Raine Maida

  Mean, Endurance, Courageous

  Song: Earthless

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• Most men - not just the men in Brentwood - are scared of powerful women with brains. There's something in a man that makes him want to have power over a woman - whether it's in the bedroom or because they earn more money. It boosts their egos.

  Jodie Marsh

  Powerful, Men, Ego

  "60 SECONDS: Jodie Marsh". Interview with Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. February 28, 2007.

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• In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.

  Susannah Constantine

  Husband, Giving, My Best Friend

  "Retail therapists" by Fiona Neill, The Times, July 14, 2007.

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• I get scared because I regard women as the most beautiful creatures in the world.

  Blake Lewis

  Beautiful, World, Creatures

  "Blake Lewis: The Beat Boxer". People Magazine, March 30, 2007.

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• Billy Pilgrim had a theory about diaries.
  Women were more likely than men to think that their lives had sufficient meaning to require recording on a daily basis. It was not for the most part a God-is-leading-me-on-a-wondrous-journey kind of meaning, but more an I've-gotta-be-me-but-nobody-cares sentimentalism that passed for meaning, and they usually stopped keeping a diary by the time they hit thirty, because by then they didn't want to ponder the meaning of life anymore because it scared the crap out of them.

  Dean Koontz

  Journey, Men, Thinking

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• I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

  Lefty Gomez

  Letting Go, Yankees, Balls

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• We waded so gently and reverently, or we pulled together so smoothly, that the fishes of thought were not scared from the stream, nor feared any angler on the bank, but came and went grandly, like the clouds which came and went on the western sky, and the mother-o'-pearl flocks which sometimes form and dissolve there.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Mother, Sea, Fishing

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden (Diversion Classics)”, p.258, Diversion Books

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• For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun and I'm more scared of it than football. Football is nothing compared with life. For me bird flu is the drama of the last few days. I'll have to buy a mask.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Fun

  "Mourinho cool despite Man Utd run". news.bbc.co.uk. April 7, 2006.

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• The favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in archery is a legally blind athlete from South Korea, mainly because everyone else is too scared to compete next to him.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Athlete, Winning

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• The kid who is scared is the one the bullies go after. I used to get beat up pretty badly.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Kids, Bully, Used

  "Zen and the art of Robert Pirsig". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2006.

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• Once I looked in the mirror and decided this is who I am, and I'm not scared of who I am, and I'm not scared that I can't be like you, and I'm good with just doing me, that's when I found myself, as a man.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Men, Mirrors, Who I Am

  "A killer crossover". Interview with Sam Alipour, abcnews.go.com. January 24, 2014.

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• The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

  Margaret Atwood

  Democracy, Fabric, Citizens

  "Margaret Atwood Interview". Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. December 2, 2010.

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• it is perfectly possible to converse with any cat, from prize-winning Siamese to alley tabby. Humans who are slow learners may start with a highly articulate Siamese and progress in time to the more sensitive and difficult business of talking to scared strays. Other people, naturally gifted, can talk to any cat right away.

  Patricia Moyes

  Cat, Winning, Talking

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• We are all selfish, scared and stupid.

  Kieran Flanagan

  Selfish, Stupid

  "Selfish, Scared and Stupid". Book by Kieran Flanagan, Dan Gregory, 2014.

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• I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what was going to happen up there.

  Paul Dano

  Light, Theatre, Down And

  "Paul Dano: there's light at the end of his journeys into darkness". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.

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• The more insight I get, the more scared I get of women in general.

  Dan Byrd

  Insight

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life.

  Diplo

  "Diplo Says He Knows Taylor Swift’s ‘Secrets’ And He’s ‘Scared For His Life’" By Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2015.

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• What's my greatest fear? I don't know; I have lots of fears. Regret, I don't want to have any regrets; that makes me scared.

  Richard Coyle

  Regret, Greatest Fear, Want

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• I do get scared of the dentist, so a drive-through dentist might make me feel more at home. If I got to stay in my car.

  Jessica Pare

  Home, Car, Might

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• I started watching some 'Doctor Who' recently on my own and got too scared. I had to watch it in the daytime - I'm pathetic.

  Miranda Hart

  Doctors, Watches, My Own

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• I think some people will die on the stage, and I'm not so sure I want to do that. Like, I want to have kids! I'm totally fine with saying that. I think some people are scared because they're worried it's going to ruin their career, but I want to live a full life.

  Katy Perry

  Kids, Thinking, Careers

  "Katy Perry Reveals Her Weight In ‘Elle’", www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2011.

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• I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

  Paolo Sorrentino

  Say Anything, Actors, Excited

  "Paolo Sorrentino Talks Roman Decadence in 'The Great Beauty'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.filmlinc.org. November 14, 2013.

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