Frightened Quotes · Page 17

The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.

— Peggy Noonan

Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of…

— Jane Fonda

I feel that Indian women are too frightened. They all say, 'I can't do this, I can't do that.' Worse, their families…

— Geeta Phogat

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

— Anonymous

If you can't frighten yourself, I don't think you can excite other people. And I like being frightened.

— Erol Alkan

Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead,…

— Vernon Howard

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

— Barbra Streisand

All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire…

— Nicholas Sparks

People with little money seldom realize that people who have a lot of money are also frightened. ... If security is based…

— Shakti Gawain

“So they won’t be able to blow out my wanting you, nor the little glow there is between you and me. We’ll…

— D.H. Lawrence

We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced - and remain convinced now - that,…

— Martin Niemoller

If you're frightened of leprechauns, the best thing to do is to get yourself a little leprechaun outfit and see how big…

— Craig Ferguson

I had a very real fear of spiders until one bit me. I got bitten by a redback spider in Australia and…

— Ray Winstone

So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive…

— Terry Pratchett

I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched…

— Tony Benn

Frightened people want to protect themselves, sometimes without thinking about others. Often, they get angry and want to find someone to blame…

— David Ignatius

He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He…

— Alison Goodman

When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed…

— June Jordan

And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected…

— Ernest K. Gann

“The guitar filled with rain, rain softened the paper sacks, the sacks split and perfume spilled on the pavement, pearls rolled in…

— Truman Capote-Breakfast at Tiffany's

“Lucy was frightened, frightened near to death. Her voice choked, she could not breath, her limbs went numb. "This is not happening",…

— J.M. Coetzee

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“If you see me with my face all black, don't be frightened. If you see me flapping wings like a bat's, as…

— George MacDonald

And from the first moment that I ever walked on stage in front of a darkened auditorium with a couple of hundred…

— Patrick Stewart

I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.

— Jackson Pollock

The average performer stops when they face fear. Iconic producer accelerates once they get frightened.

— Robin Sharma

“It was the kind of scream that would be in a horror movie right before someone got chopped up into little bitty…

— Missy Lyons

Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.

— Kiki Smith

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own…

— Barry Lopez

People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.

— Orhan Pamuk

We are all frightened now. No one says anything public without looking over their shoulder and wondering, Have I said something wrong?…

— David Baddiel

You know, it's an interesting think when you consider... The Earth people, who can think, are so frightened by those who cannot:…

— Ed Wood

“I pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure,…

— Beatrice Sparks

Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained…

— Kate Morton

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

— Jean Paul

If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.

— Manolo Blahnik

I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“The vastness of the desert frightened her. Everything looked too far away, even the couldless sky. There was nowhere you could hide…

— James Carlos Blake

“It was probably my mother's screaming that frightened the cat. It's just a guess. No one knows for sure why a cat…

— J.E. Fison