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Fear

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. – W. Edwards Deming

We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. – Robert Toombs

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. – Emmanuel Teney

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. – John Henry Newman

With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand. – Federico Garcia Lorca

There are only three sins – causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing. – Roger Caras

Americans have discovered fear. – Jose Saramago

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. – Manuel Puig

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

Who sows fear, reaps weapons. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. – Bernard Law Montgomery

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world. – Arthur Henderson

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society. – Patrick J. Kennedy

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. – Francis Quarles

Fear is a huge thing for older people. – James Hillman

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals. – Ayelet Waldman

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. – Andrew Weil

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? – Barbara Ehrenreich

Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes. – Vanessa Paradis