Frighten Quotes

184 Frighten quotes by 165 unique authors

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You… — John Steinbeck
You panicked". Venetia's voice is suddenly throbbing, as though she can't control a long-buried anger. "You panicked, Luke, and we lost the best relationship that… — Sophie Kinsella
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and… — Garrison Keillor
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church… — Chinua Achebe
We're a lukewarm people for all our feast days and hard work. Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake… — Jeanette Winterson
What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is like. The normal… — Donald Woods Winnicott
We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live… — Charles Dickens
And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life that he no… — Anne Holm
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone â€”â€˜I didnâ€™t mean to… — Patricia Briggs
Strange as it may seem, horror loses its power to frighten when repeated too often. — Michael Ende
New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness,… — John Steinbeck
There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid. — Mahatma Gandhi
The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Why did you leave? (Aiden) I took care of the person harassing him. Threat gone. Job eliminated. Anything else you want to know? Dental records,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything. — Anne Perry
The lovely Hazard girls', they used to call them. Huh. Lovely is as lovely does; if they looked like what they behave like, they'd frighten… — Angela Carter
Warrior, when you pledge yourself to the service of a High Priestess, the goal is not to frighten her to death but to protect your… — P. C. Cast
...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish... Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias. — Robert Harling
If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions. — Quentin Tarantino
I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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