I was not frightened as they were, for the very violence…

We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their…

— John Ashcroft

It was a strange monster, for beneath its exterior it was frightened and sickened by its own violence. It chastised itself for its savagery.…

— Kristin Cashore

All your names I and my friend approve of or nearly all as to sense & expression, but I am frightened by their length…

— Michael Faraday

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeites...the…

— Marilyn Monroe

Soothing touch, whether it be applied to a ruffled cat, a crying infant, or a frightened child, has a universally recognized power to ameliorate…

— Deane Juhan

I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

— Shirley Jackson

Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and…

— Richard Dawkins

No one seems to have learned, or can remember, the magic words that calm people when they are frightened or threatened: "I'm sorry; I…

— Carol Tavris

Megachurches. I can't be the only one frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla.

— Jon Stewart

“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and…

— Ingrid Newkirk

American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In a way,…

— Tariq Ali

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

— Helena Bonham Carter

“and I actually talked about God, the one who had abandoned me when I was very little, very frightened, and very hurt.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

— Denzel Washington