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“I'm never afraid. But in my case it's nothing to be proud of.”
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In heaven so wonderful Why are we oh so afraid of dying young We are dying young”
Kris Roe (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People are afraid to merge on freeways in Los Angeles.”
Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Untie, liberate, and do not be afraid. He who is free is disarmed.”
Émile Chartier (1868–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I personally believe that India has much to learn from the Western culture but, I am afraid, very little from Western Christianity.... Wherever Christianity went, it carried fire and sword... The natives lost their body as well as their souls. Now most of these countries have regained their political freedom but they have not recovered their souls.”
Ram Swarup (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not be afraid, Leon, — I feel much better; but in case anything should happen to me I wanted to leave you something to remember me by. Perhaps I ought not to say it so soon after my husband's death; but as I might die, I wanted to tell you now that I loved you very, very much.”
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These feelings were exactly what he had been so afraid of, and this was why he had been so sure that falling in love was rubbish, and, surprise surprise, it was rubbish, and ... and it was too late.”
Nick Hornby (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What can we give a child when there is nothing left? All we have, I think, is the truth, the truth that will set him free, not limited, provable truth, but the open, growing, evolving truth that is not afraid.”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As time passes I become more and more afraid of my growing love of music. I don’t understand myself. I play solo sonatas by Bach: next to them, what is Böcklin? It makes me smile.”
Paul Klee (1879–1940) first seen 1897 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote (November 1897), # 52, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, translation: Pierre B. Schneider, R. Y. Zachary and Max Knight; publisher, University of California Press, 1964
“Yes, well I had all my serious illnesses in late middle age. And now I'm just stuck, I'm afraid.”
V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "V.S. Pritchett's Century" (1990) by Martin Amis; later included in Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions (1993) by Martin Amis, p. 265
“The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.”
Gene Simmons (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fact that Romeo is dopey, lovey-dovey, and it's a corny story. And I was afraid I'd look like a fuffy.”
Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not endorse them [Landmark Education] - never have. The SOBs have already sued me once. I'm afraid to tell you what I really think about them because I'm not covered by any lawyers like I was when I wrote my book.”
Margaret Singer (1921–2003) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Drive through Deliverance", Phoenix New Times (19 October 2000)
“Liquor’s good for one thing. It makes you forget what you’re afraid not to forget.”
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clemens was afraid that he’d lose his temper and cuss out King John as no one else in the universe had ever been cussed out before.”
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He loops in crazy figures half the night Among the trees that face the corner light. But when he brushes up against a screen, We are afraid of what our eyes have seen: For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear a human face.”
Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always feel ill-prepared for commentaries and it had been so long I was afraid I'd forget everything that happened on the film. But having everybody come together for it was really great. It was like a high school reunion. We all reminisced and just had a great time.”
David Fincher (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I shall always be most grateful to him. He made me rediscover that I had a mind. It had lain fallow, I am afraid, since my Mount Holyoke days.”
Frances Perkins (1880–1965) first seen 1908 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Description of Professor Simon Nelson Patten, one of her teachers at the Wharton School, where she attended evening classes in economics and sociology in 1908.
“And we never get any older. Richie and Alex will always be ten. My sister and Todd will always be newlyweds. Angela will always be two. And I will always be the only one with no one my age to talk to." "You have me to talk to," pointed out John. Edwina smiled. "You aren't afraid to talk to ghosts?" "Not at all." John realized the truth as he said it.”
Megan Whalen Turner (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sophos, you sleep with a knife under your pillow? I'm hurt." "I'm sorry," said Sounis, blinking, afraid that he had made contact with his wild swing. "I was joking. Wake up the rest of the way, would you?" "Gen, it's the middle of the night." "I know," said the king of Attolia.”
Megan Whalen Turner (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.”
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Standing Up for Freedom," Academy of Achievement.org (2005-10-31)
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. — A tweet from June 2018”
John Lewis (1940–2020) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Get in good trouble, necessary trouble': Rep. John R. Lewis in his own words Joshua Bote, USA Today (18 July 2020)
“You are afraid because you don’t know what you are capable of”
Hastings Banda (1890–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m surrounded by young people, day and night. Thousands of them. The government is afraid of the young, and they won’t touch me because they know I have the power of the young people behind me.”
Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how writers like her are protected by the younger generation since the 2011 revolution in Egypt in “Nawal El Saadawi: ‘Do you feel you are liberated? I feel I am not’” in The Guardian (2015 Oct 11)
“Now you are finally with me, you are safe now. Don't be afraid of anything. You don't have to worry anymore.”
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Greeting 300 of his women workers he had saved from Auschwitz, on their return to his factory, as quoted in "Schindler: Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow
“In another's eyes I'm afraid that I can't see This picture perfect portrait that they paint of me. They don't realize and I pray they never do, 'Cause every time I look I'm seein' you In another's eyes.”
Garth Brooks (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not afraid of death or of losing power. I am willing to give up power and my seat, but I'm not willing to give up Islam,…We shall be victorious.".”
Mohammed Omar (1960–2013) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Taleban warns U.S. of revenge, 15 September 2001
“Do I have to talk to insane people?” “You’re a librarian now. I’m afraid it’s mandatory.”
Jasper Fforde (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are afraid of changes Watch from a distance Whether or not I might do something If you're going to talk about me behind my back It is what it is.”
Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm so afraid of losing something I love, that I refuse to love anything. (p. 216)”
Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A group came to the hospital to rescue me. I could hear them speaking in English but I was still very afraid. Then a soldier came into the room. He tore the American flag from his uniform and he handed it to me in my hand. And he told me "We're American soldiers, and we're here to take you home." And I looked at him and I said "Yes, I am an American soldier too.”
Jessica Lynch (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She looked in the mirror and thought today 'What happened to miss no-longer-afraid?'”
Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk. Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt. Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me. Because of you, I am afraid.”
Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now I am invincible No, I ain't a scared little girl no more Yeah, I am invincible What was I running for? (oh-oh-oh) I was hiding from the world I was so afraid, I felt so unsure But now I am invincible And I'm a perfect storm (oh-oh-oh)”
Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My heart goes out to the young girl who was attacked, seemingly for her religion. I can’t imagine how afraid she must have been, I want her and her family and her friends and community to know that that is not what Canada is, that is not who Canadians are… We are better than this.”
Justin Trudeau (born 1971) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement on reported attacks on a girl wearing a hijab, as quoted in "Until it was found to be a hoax, Toronto girl's hijab made news, not the attack on her", by Joseph Brean, National Post (15 January 2018)
“I am completely half afraid to think.”
Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd like to dedicate this award to all the women before me that never had the chances that I've had, the survivors, the pioneers and the outcasts. My blood, my tradition. And I'd like to thank all the people in this industry who've respected my choices and have not been afraid of the power and dignity that that entitled me to.”
Jodie Foster (born 1962) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Oscar Acceptance Speech, 1992 Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Silence of the Lambs.
“Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts; but out of the truth of things — truth of character and vision — grows true life.”
Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.”
Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) said by 1556 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think about it sometimes, but it definitely doesn't bother me because genres are meant to last and we're a rock 'n roll band and screamo, emo, grunge, punk, prog … it s still rock 'n roll to me. I think that we're four really talented dudes, and I'm ready to take on the whole world. I'm not afraid.”
Bert McCracken (born 1982) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his "singer emo poster-child status", interview in John Benson (March 4, 2005) "Emo disorder It's not called chaos for nothing, says nonheadlining headliner", The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, p. 4.
“I am not afraid to appeal to the nation at large, to posterity, and still less to that Being Who sees Himself our motives, Who will judge us from His own knowledge of them.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) first seen 1804 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Writings (1904), Vol. XI, p. 44, to Abigail Adams on July 22, 1804.
“We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) first seen 1820 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to William Roscoe (27 December 1820)
“I am not afraid to lose because politics is not the air I'm breathing. In fact, I long for the day when I'm no longer in politics and will live a quiet and less complicated life - I won't use the word simple because I'm living a simple life now.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kap Maceda Aguila, "The Substance of Chiz", People Asia, 2006 June, p. 51, ISSN 0119-657X.
“The science of human nature belongs to people who are not afraid to live independent lives. They alone have the flexible access to experience which can bring human wisdom and strength into being, and once these assets exist, they will send forth their influence with an authority that cannot be resisted, unmindful of artificial man made boundaries, reaching anywhere in the world.”
Paul Rosenfels (1909–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error?”
Andrew Sullivan (born 1963) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Banned Books Week," The Daily Dish (30 September 2008)
“I heard some folks saying, "I heard that warm temperatures like this happen every few years--it's normal." I also know that a lot of people are afraid to ask what it is and what causes it... here are some answers and links: Scientific opinion on climate change”
Mike Shinoda (born 1977) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LP/FM MB 2006
“He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character might be, he was usually not inclined to be censorious or even inquisitive about the conduct of his fellow-creatures.”
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.”
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in This Little Light of Mine, ch. 8, by Hay Mills (1993). Said on September 13, 1965, in a hearing before the United States House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Elections.
“It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too much. A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.”
Mary Antin (1881–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract anything from a character that they are portraying, because in expressing emotion they may encourage crow's feet and laughing wrinkles. They avoid anything that will disturb their placidity of countenance, for placidity of countenance insures a smooth skin.”
Laurette Taylor (1883–1946) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Quality You Need Most, from Green Book Magazine (April 1914)