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“We were forced by sheer necessity to give a face, a voice to the community’s trauma and fears.”
Teresita Ang-See (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It depends on what the impression of the mature is. When we talk, supposedly about life, you can see that I am a mother. But when we talk about excitement, I will give you that. When it comes to heartbreak, fears, or anxiety, I will give you what I felt. But those who know me, they know what kind of Jolina they are talking about.”
Jolina Magdangal (born 1978) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Does Jolina Magdangal consider herself a pop culture icon?, INQUIRER.net 16 January 2025.
“Mrs Gandhi was moving closer to the West. Even within the non-aligned countries, she was forging ever stronger ties with the world of European democracies. :*In Italy, grief but also fears for the future, “'L'Unità”', 1 November 1984”
Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He that is down fears no fall.”
Chimezie Emewulu (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am convinced that the right wing parties has stirred up fears and contributed in recent years to creating a climate of aggression towards foreigners.”
Corrado Formigli (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Words take up our fears and certainties, organising them in such a way as to give them a completely new life and colour: from time to time, they precipitate and climb them like new rural and urban destinies, as if they were mists drowned by the sun and distributed over the heads of real and uncertain men.”
Mango (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fears are coming out now because she is the one seated. After the May 2010 elections, the political landscape will change. Practical reality, the term ‘balimbing,’ Arroyo's supporters will also change. And it's a reality. That's not far-fetched. It's reality.”
Mitos Magsaysay (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The heart of the sailor is always dry, warming itself around the fire. The sailor does not love the sea: he works on it and fears it. He dreams of always having the earth under his feet, remembering the aromas, faces and flavours of home.”
Fabrizio De André (1940–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were, and still are, many fears about speaking out against Prime Minister Berlusconi.”
Gaspare Spatuzza (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grew up with him. He taught me everything I know. It wasn’t just a mentor thing. He knew what my life was… All my sorrows, my fears, my anger, things that I have been through.”
Hilda Koronel (born 1957) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Watch: Hilda Koronel Is Not Done Telling Stories About Survival". Vogue.ph. 12 March 2026
“I always felt like a loser. I had friends, but my school was full of blonde white girls and I was this half-Indian girl with frizzy hair and different interests. That always made me feel a little bit rejected. I thought if I made music, people would think I was interesting… Deep down, one of my biggest fears was being boring.”
Charli XCX (born 1992) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Weiss, Jeff (31 May 2024). "Charli XCX Is Too Real". GQ.
“(About Mary, mother of the Lord Jesus) Loosen the bonds of our fears so that, like you, we can experience abandonment to God's will in the mundane unfolding of time and the slow agonies of the hours.”
Antonio Bello (1935–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing so apt to inflame passion as hopes and fears: a young woman of a calm temper and modest deportment is less apt to attract lovers, than one who is changeable and coquettish; a man of sense and gravity is less apt to succeed with a fine woman than the gay, the giddy, the fluttering coxcomb.”
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782) said by 1782 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always look like a very confident person, and I think that I am, but that doesn't mean that I have no insecurities or fears. We all do! It's normal and it's good and we should normalise that.”
Úrsula Corberó (born 1989) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amrani, Iman (14 November 2024). "“I don’t want to be the same person all the time.” The many lives of Úrsula Corberó". Square Mile.
“the fears of being a blind mommy and the reality of not being able to see some of his milestones…first smile, him crawling and (his) first steps”.”
Meagan Chauke (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have found out that my concerns and fears are often in some way related to self-doubt, so I constantly try to work on myself and believing in my work. The concerns have become less in the process.”
Efua Traoré (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art can be a mirror that reflects our innermost desires and fears”
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“expressed to a friend her fears as to the fate of a fowl which she had left on the stove”
Daisy de Melker (1886–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A manichaean devil. And I think the human race requires a villain, a counterpart, something to use as a scapegoat. And that really is what the idea of the devil is all about, the scapegoat, the thing that is driven out of society because all of Man’s fears are put on that thing, and that’s certainly what Manson represents.”
Nikolas Schreck wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never take counsel of your fears.”
Andrew Jackson (misattributed) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted as "a favorite maxim" of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow, Mary Anna Jackson, Prentice Press/Courier Journal, 1895; ch. XIII p. 264 archive.org.
“Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don't fit our ideas, they become our difficulties.”
Benjamin Franklin (misattributed) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart (1993) and popularized in Richard Carlson's bestselling Don't sweat the Small Stuff (1997). The phrasing is anachronistic and no earlier connection to Franklin is known.
“Pants thy spirit to be gifted With a deathless life, Let it seek to be uplifted O’er earth’s storm and strife. Spurn its joys,—its ties dissever, Hopes and fears divest; Thus, aspire to live for ever, Be for ever blest.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our wakefulness fetters our spirits, Then our souls are a prey to various whims, Thoughts of loss and gain and fears of misery. They retain not purity nor dignity nor lustre, Nor aspiration to soar heavenwards. That one is really sleeping who hankers after each whim And holds parley with each fancy.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men are as demons and lust of wealth their chain, Which drags them forth to toil in shop and field; This chain is made of their fears and anxieties, Deem not that these men have no chains upon them. It causes them to engage in labour and the chase, It forces them to toil in mines and on the sea.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds, the Pessimist fears it is true.”
Robert Oppenheimer (misattributed) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is derived from a statement of James Branch Cabell, in The Silver Stallion (1926) : The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
Also quoted by: Robert Oppenheimer (pt)
“When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears Set folk together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain fears as idle hopes, but lends much oftener to the allusions it calls up a gay flattering hue than one which inspires terror.”
Wilhelm von Humboldt (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
Irving Caesar (misattributed) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is actually James Branch Cabell from The Silver Stallion (1926)
“And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature. Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) said by 1626 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!”
Henry W. Longfellow (1807–1882) said by 1882 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My mother says I must not pass Too near that glass; She is afraid that I will see A little witch that looks like me, With a red mouth to whisper low The very thing I should not know.”
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836–1919) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Witch in the Glass (1881).
“I've made some strides in trying to understand myself, I think. And I think that in my life I'm less afraid of being thought a coward than I used to be.”
James Jones (1921–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can be so afraid lost inside in search of a mother And yet we go about shouting "justice" and hurting one another”
Ysabella Brave (born 1979) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Truth" (27 January 2008)
“I am afraid to die sometimes, but God is the one to decide when a person dies. I want to live to the fullest until then.”
Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.”
Otto Skorzeny (1908–1975) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comparing his dueling days with commando tactics, as quoted in Skorzeny (1972) by Charles Whiting, p. 17.
“Afraid of a woman! Ha, great writer this! How can he write about women, when he's never had a woman? Oh you lousy fake, you phony, no wonder you can't write! No wonder there wasn't a woman in The Little Dog Laughed. No wonder it wasn't a love story, you fool, you dirty little schoolboy.”
John Fante (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the city was the same, but I was afraid. The streets lurked with danger. The tall buildings forming black canyons were traps to kill you when the earth shook. The pavement might open. The street cars might topple.”
John Fante (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We do not want a new war. But we are not afraid of it if mobilisation of German power should prove to be the ultimate means of restoring German freedom.”
Gregor Strasser (1892–1934) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Germany from Defeat to Conquest, 1913-1933", Władysław Wszebór Kulski - History - (1945)
“I don’t know why I thought that would help but I called him. I’d have called anyone just to have another mind to help. Parents are useless beings when they’re afraid for their children.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Certain conclusions have forced themselves upon me while studying the sources, and I have not felt constrained to conceal them on account of that over-scrupulousness which is afraid to influence the future users of the edition.”
Moshe Goshen-Gottstein (1925–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Huey Long once said, 'Fascism will come to America in the name of anti-fascism.' I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
Jim Garrison (1921–1992) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [Playboy interview, October 1967].
“We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice'.”
Akio Morita (1921–1999) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Akio Morita, cited in: Nick Lyons (1976) The Sony vision. p. 101.
“Hitler is still such a popular man; we are afraid of the Hitler myth. We want to give to the German people and to the world the final proof by means of the Supreme Court-Martial and its verdict.”
Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal" - Page 203 - Nuremberg, Germany - 1947
“Let any man show the world that he feels Afraid of its bark and ’t will fly at his heels: Let him fearlessly face it, ’t will leave him alone: But ’t will fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone.”
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes it makes your hips move. Sometimes it makes you rock your head. Sometimes it helps you just kick back and relax and soak it in. But no matter what form it comes in, you know this music always comes straight from the heart. You know you’re listening to someone who’s found her own unique voice, and isn’t afraid to show it to the world. And these women are perfect examples of just that.”
Michelle Obama (born 1964) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statements at "I'm every woman: The History of Women in Soul" event (06 March 2014)
“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.”
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934–2012) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) by Kelly Nickell, p. 53