Frightened Quote by David Foster Wallace

“As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. I am afraid that's how it works in a democracy.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and…

— James Bovard

I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world.

— Shirley Henderson

My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet…

— Bruno Latour

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— Alexander McCall Smith

I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

— Shirley Jackson

When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their…

— Barbara Kingsolver

A lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of…

— Jimmy Page

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

— Sam Taylor-Wood

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

— Robyn Davidson

Most agencies run scared, most of the time. . . .Frightened people are powerless to produce good advertising. . . . If I were…

— David Ogilvy

It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them.

— Anonymous

People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things…

— Aaron Stanford

“frightened people shriek the loudest and fire at random.”

— Paul Scott

Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.

— Friedrich Engels