We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less. – Robert Trout
When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. – John Charles Polanyi
I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. – Edvard Munch
I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours. – Arabella Weir
Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread. – Norman Ralph Augustine
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks
Celebrity or no celebrity, I think a lot of females deal with the fear of being abducted. – Elisha Cuthbert
How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. – Ehud Olmert
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day. – Edward Albert
Do what you fear most and you control fear. – Tom Hopkins
The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear. – George Weinberg
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age. – R. L. Stine
Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess. – Andrea Riseborough
My greatest fear: repetition. – Max Frisch
The key to change… is to let go of fear. – Rosanne Cash
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. – Natan Sharansky
In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. – Natan Sharansky
People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent. – Natan Sharansky
Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. – Natan Sharansky
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. – Ryszard Kapuscinski
