Frightening Quotes

460 Frightening quotes by 395 unique authors

If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a frightening place. — Nathaniel Branden
Success is a very scary thing especially after you choose something and everything starts coming at you. It's absolutely frightening because the mind does things.… — Nick Nolte
As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we can have. — Andy Goldsworthy
Watching Life on Mars was quite frightening for me because dipping in and out of reality was quite like myself — Richard Hammond
No. I don't have the patience, and I'm not very tactful. People say I can be frightening. — Zaha Hadid
Today is the great day of one of the revelations of this world. The interrelationships of these individual realms were illumined as by a flash… — Wassily Kandinsky
It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has… — John Wilkins
The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught. — Rachel Field
If you put frightening things into a picture, then they can't harm you. In fact, you end becoming quite fond of them. — Paula Rego
The reason people think I look good now is because I was never a beauty as a wee girl. And thank heavens. It's frightening to… — Unknown Author
If having endured much, we at last asserted our 'right to know' and if, knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take… — Rachel Carson
Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an effort to understand… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very… — Alain Resnais
That someone would want another human being to suffer, or would even tolerate the idea, for committing no crime at all but being reasonable, is… — Richard Carrier
My hope is that the music creates a strange, beautiful, overwhelming - sometimes even frightening - landscape, and invites you to get lost in it. — John Luther Adams
Indeed, one of the most frightening consequences of the Holocaust may well be that rather than serving as a warning to preserve humanity at all… — Omer Bartov
Rock & roll is dying. It’s frightening to think about the music scene 20 years from now. — Kurt Cobain
The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and much more than pretty or… — Jenny Hval
Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if you don't keep really healthy.… — Jenny Hval
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. — Greta Garbo
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings… — Vincent Van Gogh
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life. — Mason Cooley
Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear. — Ann Coulter
It's a very frightening time when something as basic as due process is seen as somehow radical. — John Cusack
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. — Doris Day

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