Scare Quotes

600 Scare quotes by 494 unique authors

It's not good to let any kid near a container that has a skull and crossbones on it, because there might be a skeleton costume… — Jack Handey
I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that. — Phil Donahue
I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters. — Louis L'Amour
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They… — Jessica Hagedorn
It's not brave to do something that doesn't scare you. — Lena Dunham
It's not brave to do something that doesn't scare you. Performing in sex scenes that I direct, exposing a flash of my weird puffy nipple,… — Lena Dunham
When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who… — Calvin Trillin
I'm not trying to be noble. I'm afraid. And the idea of having more love than I've ever had-- and knowing I might never have… — Randall Wallace
The scare quotes burn off like fog. — Ben Lerner
I’ll tell you now. That silence almost beat me. It’s the silence that scares me. It’s the blank page on which I can write my… — Mark Lawrence
Horror movies have never been my thing. I love psychological thrillers like The Exorcist, The Shining, even though they scare the living daylights out of… — Emmanuelle Vaugier
If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare… — John C. Maxwell
Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. — Pema Chodron
I think what I often see is that people are frightened about fashion. Because it scares them or makes them feel insecure, so they just… — Anna Wintour
Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes. — Rob Lowe
I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me… — Mary Doria Russell
You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most. — Sarah J. Maas
When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow… — Pema Chodron
Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction. — Don Roff
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. — Sara Blakely
We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived. — Harold S. Kushner
Sometimes women scare the hell out of me. — Michael Crichton
But when we reduce sex to a function, we also invoke the idea of dysfunction. We are no longer talking about the art of sex;… — Esther Perel
We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us… — Pema Chodron
God has not given us Bible prophecy to Scare us but to Prepare us. — Joel C. Rosenberg

Who Wrote These Scare Quotes

494 authors contributed a total of 600 Scare Quotes, led by these top contributors: