Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 370 authors

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and… — June Jordan
Dread of night. Dread of not-night. — Franz Kafka
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer. — Barbara Kingsolver
Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman… — Anne Lamott
Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show. — Vivien Leigh
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. — John Locke
Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from… — Joyce Meyer
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. — Toni Morrison
The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if… — Terry Pratchett
It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others. — Helen Rowland
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. — Charles M. Schulz
As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. — Hans Selye
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. — George Bernard Shaw
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. — Fulton J. Sheen
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread… — William Tecumseh Sherman
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the… — Benjamin Spock
How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but… — Bram Stoker
The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City.… — Ice T
Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. — Edith Wharton

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