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“My day-mind can endure Upright, in hope, all it must undergo. But O, afraid, unsure, My night-mind waking lies too low, too low.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People move around too much, and they become afraid to speak their own language. (1980)”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tiglathpileser was a human, it’s rumored. And Caligula. So were a whole host of twentieth-century tyrants. So presumably were the brain-dead idiots who turned the Earth into a treeless detention camp. Being human, I’m afraid, doesn’t automatically confer demigod status on anyone.”
Michael Bishop (1945–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The PC police are out in force at all times. ... We've reached the point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say.”
Ben Carson (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have no reason to be pessimistic about the (cross-strait service trade) agreement or to be afraid of its impact. The government will try its best to minimize possible damage and maximize the business opportunities the agreement can create.”
Ma Ying-jeou (born 1950) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: "Trade pact failure would hurt our reputation: Ma" in The Taipei Times, 4 July 2013.
“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”
Daniel Keyes (1927–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm sure Chelsea do not like playing Liverpool. When they are talking and talking and talking before the game it means they are worried. Maybe they're afraid?”
Rafael Benítez (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m stacked, backed up and I’m fifth dan And I’m not afraid of the Patchwork Man”
Richard Morgan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My beliefs were that men and women alike have to be in this struggle together, and we cannot safeguard our country just with one wing. ... Now our women are the leaders, not only political leaders, but also leaders that lead in every single front, and they are part of the main leaders of the revolution. And therefore, you can see that the rulers are afraid from women.”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And I wait staring at the Northern Star I'm afraid it won't lead you very far He's so cold, he will win the world tonight All the angels kneel into the frozen lights Feel their hearts they're cold and white”
Courtney Love (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”
Sam Manekshaw (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can do as much as you think you can, But you'll never accomplish more; If you're afraid of yourself, young man, There's little for you in store. For failure comes from the inside first, It's there if we only knew it, And you can win, though you face the worst, If you feel that you're going to do it.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now you've all the equipment the greatest possess, And some men have risen to glory with less, So don't be afraid, but go to it; If it's honest, and useful, and ought to be done, Don't think it beneath you, but jump in, my son - Go straight to your duty and do it.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kinchit nahin bhaybhit main, Kartavya path par jo bhi mile, Yeh bhi sahi woh bhi sahi English translation:I am not afraid of defeat and victory, whatever comes my way of duty, I will accept it, because this is true and that is true.”
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Germany, it seems that the intellectual and aesthetic life are to be celebrated and are seen as part of a real and good education, whereas in Britain, traditionally – certainly since the Enlightenment – we've been afraid of anything intellectual, aesthetic, visual.”
Anish Kapoor (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know there was so much talk in school about my daddy and people were afraid to talk to me. They thought I was stuck up. They didn't know me, had never talked to me, but just because I was Martin Luther King's daughter, I had to be stuck up and I wouldn't be able to talk to them.”
Yolanda King (1955–2007) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in an interview for Jet magazine (April 6, 1972).
“I have known people who ... radiate vulnerability .... Their facial expressions say 'I am afraid of you.' These people invite abuse ... By expecting to be hurt, do they subtly encourage it?”
Ted Bundy (1946–1989) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a 1977 letter to girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, quoted in Kendall, Elizabeth (September 1981). The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy (Hardcover, 1st ed.). Seattle: Madrona. page 167
“Our prophet said: 'He is a poor man who has no woman, and she is a poor woman who has no man.' I will pick you up nevertheless and if you marry again, don't be afraid. But you know, not all men appeal to me.”
Ziad Jarrah (1975–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He laid his right hand on me and said: Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, and the living one, and I became dead, but look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of the Grave.”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To all the young people who discover they are gay: Don't be afraid to come out of the closet right now.”
“Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.”
Lena Horne (1917–2010) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in: The New Bajan (1990) p. 22
“Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little. Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.. .One must have only one master – nature; she is the one always be consulted.”
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist said to me "You know, what I told people I was going to interview Meryl Streep, they were so excited...all ze woman in my office, they love you so much. But ze men - they are afraid of you.”
Meryl Streep (born 1949) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Liz Smith (1998). "The Meryl Streep Nobody Knows." Good Housekeeping, 227(3), September 1998, pp. 94-98; Cited in: Karen Hollinger The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star, Taylor & Francis, 2006, p. 71
“I'm afraid we are temporarily out in the cold, and fallen stars. What is remarkable is that we have stayed up there for so long.”
Richard Burton (1925–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have work to do, and I am afraid not to do it.”
John O'Hara (1905–1970) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forward to The Horse Knows the Way (1964).
“I hope your patriotic exertions, of which this is by no means the first, will be productive in time of the success they merit; but am afraid that the vices of government, which "infect to the north star," are inimical, at present, to every species of reformation.”
Joseph Ritson (1752–1803) said by 1803 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would hate to think I am not an amateur. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid, the professional hates what he is doing. So, I'd rather be an amateur.”
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in: The compleat violinist: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist, Summit Books (1 April 1986), p. 79
“Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”
“If your job isn’t fulfilling, why are you so afraid of losing it?”
“A coldness had come over Blaine in the hot, windy, smoky air. It was a chill that never quite left you after it had gotten inside you, he would find out later, but sometimes welled up again from nowhere, leaving you not afraid exactly, but believing that nothing could ever work out for the better in this world.”
Jamil Nasir (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not afraid of reprisals, I have no children, no wife, no car, no debt. It might sound a bit pompous, but I'd prefer to die on my feet than to live on my knees.”
Charb (1967–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was afraid you would think I was bragging.”
Ben Hecht (1894–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to shake hands with the white men, but I am afraid they do not want peace with us.”
Little Raven (Arapaho leader) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970), p. 77
“Many women do not like to sleep on the ground floor, being afraid to leave their windows open at night. With ridge-dormers standing open, the lower windows may be kept closed and locked, while the room will be perfectly ventilated without them.”
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am always afraid of quoting my own decisions; I do not think it is the right thing for a judge to do, but I often do refer to them when I can thereby avoid repeating in different words what I have said before.”
Arthur Kekewich (1832–1907) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bolton Partners v. Lambert (1889), L. R. 41 C. D. 300.
“He must have been rebuffed and denigrated all his life, to be so afraid of touching another human being.”
Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.”
Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s not that simple.” “Ah! That phrase is Male for ‘I’m afraid to.’”
Karl Schroeder (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because he is weak and shallow, and you should learn to recognize men who are afraid of others with power, Mutnodjmet.”
Nefertiti (1370–1330 BC) said by 1330 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tanner, are you insane?” “Very probably several kinds of insane,” I said. “But I’m afraid it doesn’t change anything. I’m perfectly happy with my current delusional system.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And in case these academics wonder, yes, I would allow a dissenting view if I edited a Journal: I am not afraid of truth and I have no position, no reputation and no income to maintain.”
Nicholas Kazanas (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have a rather masculine nature. I'm not afraid of anything.”
Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I deserve to be thought a coward. I am a coward. I'm just so bloody afraid of dying — of losing —'”
Susan Howatch (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason. A man should feel free to tell his chief executive to his face, 'I think you're dead wrong about such and such, and here are my reasons.'”
Harold Geneen (1910–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You had hoped that the beloved and noble images flowing from your heart would serve as a river to carry to God many another heart! But, as you see, people are afraid of getting wet.”
Léon Bloy (1846–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Brazil, it goes like this: communists only read communist authors, (economic) liberals only read liberal authors and so on. Each one is afraid of tarnishing their little soul with sinful thoughts. In order for someone to speak with some propriety about the communist movement, they must have previously studied the following things:”
Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As regards my paintings of similar compositions I cannot give you any indication [about possible 'variants' in his works] because I'm afraid I've never made a note of where my paintings have ended up.. .I am always at work and work is my sole passion. And unfortunately I've become aware that I must always start from the beginning, and ought to burn what I've done in the past.”
Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) first seen 1894 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in his letter of 2 Aug. 1954; as cited in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 42
“I am a loner, a daydreamer who has been content to remain in his part of the world and look at the sky. The future will treat me as it does all of us. I am very much afraid it may be oblivion.”
Eugène Boudin (1824–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Boudin, as cited by Dalya Alberge, in 'Life's a beach: Boudin...' in 'Independent online', 9 February 1993
“CHRISTIE: I've had enough -- I've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT standing up here. And the last person in one of these debates, Bret, who stood in the middle of the stage and said, "what's a skinny guy with an odd last name doing up here" was Barack Obama. And I'm afraid we're dealing with the same type of amateur standing on the stage tonight.”
Chris Christie (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source