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“The risk of making a decision that's wrong is so enormous that sometimes it just crushes people so that they can't make any decision at all because they're afraid of making the wrong decision. And that's exactly what McClellan's problem was.”
James M. McPherson (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How nice it is for the people to feel that they can get up in the mornin’ without bein’ afraid of seein’ in the papers that the Commissioner of Water Supply has sandbagged the Dock Commissioner, and that the Mayor and heads of the departments have been taken to the police court as witnesses! p. 82”
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) said by 1924 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I consider the South Koreans one of our greatest allies, a people who know communism and hate it and are not afraid to die fighting it.”
Mark W. Clark (1896–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're afraid to fail in a startup, you're destined to do so.”
Steve Blank (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She’s sad because she’s drinking to be sad because she’s afraid that what she does not feel is actually a feeling. Typical post-modern Manhattan bullshit.”
Lucius Shepard (1943–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.”
David Packard (1912–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They could see the rapids on their right. The swaying of the bus made her sick and weak, and her willpower was failing with her strength. She was afraid of falling into a torpor in which everything would become immaterial to her, and she tensed in an effort to seem gay and even attentive to Emmanuel.”
Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too many leaders are afraid of letting their minds wander too far; they put fences around their dreams. If you want to accomplish great things, you must dare to venture beyond today’s realities. The thinking behind ‘Imagine the Possible’ was that we needed to push even further, beyond the self-imposed limits of our current thought processes and previous experiences.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “The Wal-Mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World's Largest Company, Thomas Nelson, April 2005, p. 107.
“Why did they do it?” he asked. “Because they’re afraid.” “Of what?” “Of yesterday,” said Mr. Hostetter. “Of tomorrow.”
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) said by 1978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sorry, just very very briefly, the Germans were in danger of being taken over by what they perceived as Jewish-led Communism. And Jewish-led Communism had wiped out tens of millions of white Christians in Russia and they were afraid of the same thing. And there was this wild overreaction and all this kind of stuff.”
Stefan Molyneux (born 1966) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Describing the Holocaust, "Migratory Patterns of Predatory Immigrants", YouTube (March 20, 2016), @4:45
“You try to explain to people the consequences of what happens to these women when Hillary Clinton goes on the attack. It’s another woman who claims to be a woman’s advocate attacking these women. I mean, this woman absolutely terrified me. And I don’t get afraid easily. I’m pretty independent.”
Kathleen Willey (born 1946) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kathleen Willey Thanks Donald Trump for Highlighting Bill Clinton’s History with Women, Urges More Victims to Come Forward (January 10, 2016)
“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”
Frederick Buechner (1926–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paranoia is infectious. It’s also an incredibly useful tool. If you can make people afraid enough, uncertain enough, they will simply stop moving.”
Sarah Zettel (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot imagine how taxation has increased. Yet everyone is afraid to complain about it. The new State loans are nothing but confiscation of private property, because no one believes that the Government will ever make repayment, not even pay interest after the first few years.”
Günter Reimann (1904–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're not afraid of change. Most companies, when they become successful, resist change no matter what. I believe it's less risky, long-term, to embrace change.”
Charlie Ergen (born 1953) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Verge: "Dish chairman Charlie Ergen challenges broadcasters and carriers, 'we're not afraid of change'" (11 February 2013)
“I say to a lot of people who struggle [with coming out] — they're always afraid how it's going to affect their family — and to me it's always family is really important, but there has to be a 'you' that can be part of a family. If there's no 'you,' [you can't] be part of the family.”
Abby Stein (born 1991) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On NBC News, January 13, 2017
“I spent a lot of my life afraid as a kid, even throughout high school. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-unmaking-of-a-conservative-pundit”
Steven Crowder (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After high school I wiped the dust off my shoes and thought, ‘I’m never going to let that happen to me again. I’m never going to be afraid again.”
Steven Crowder (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we were choosing sides and every player was in the pool, my first pick would be Whitey Ford and my second would be Ted Williams. Beyond that there would be just too many and I'd be afraid of leaving somebody out. Besides, with Whitey on the mound and Williams in the lineup, we'd still beat just about anybody.”
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked "to choose the ideal team he would field if he had to win game," with "the stipulation that he confine his choices to one-time teammates and rivals"; as quoted in The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by…
“I'm not afraid because I can only imagine nothingness as rather quiet.”
Sten Nadolny (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cass gained a lot of strength from her public. Once she was a star, she wasn't afraid of anybody, and certainly not me.”
Michelle Phillips (born 1944) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Cass Elliot, Regis Philbin's Lifestyles (1986)
“What is needed is a homely experiment which could be carried out in the basement with parts from an old sewing machine and an Ingersoll watch, with an old file of Popular Mechanics standing by for reference! This I am, alas, afraid we have not achieved, but I do believe that the following example... is adequate to expose the principles...”
Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thing I’ve always thought about music is that it’s not competitive, it’s cooperative. I thought that was a really good example. We chose the songs because all three of us loved them so much we were afraid we’d get sick if we didn’t record them. Then we’d choose the arrangement by who was going to sing lead, by who sounded best…”
Linda Ronstadt (born 1946) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On working with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Trio albums in “Linda Ronstadt on New Live Album, Life With Parkinson’s and Modern Country Music” in Rolling Stone (2019 Feb 7)
“When the Statue of Liberty emerged from the mists I gazed at it with an awe close to the sublime. It seemed to me to be the embodiment of all the beauty and magnificence with which I had invested America in my dreams. I had been a little bit afraid that America wouldn't be what I had dreamed--and here was a dream come triumphantly true.”
Antonio Moreno (1887–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are many people in Western democracies today who will not speak loudly about issues they care about because they are afraid of what I will call, ‘social censure’ – vicious retaliation, not from the government, but from other citizens.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Reith Lectures 2022: The Four Freedoms
“there are 4 many people in Western democracies today who will not speak loudly about issues they care about because they are afraid of what I will call, “social censure,” vicious retaliation, not from the government, but from other citizens.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Reith Lectures 2022: The Four Freedoms
“I am afraid that mathematics will perish by the end of this century if the present trend for senseless abstraction — as I call it: theory of the empty set — cannot be blocked up.”
Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896–1981) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a 1964 letter to L. J. Mordell as quoted by (quote from p. 558)
“David Eddings: I'm afraid that ignorance, hate, racism, and violence will be exacerbated by silence. If speaking out is not an answer then what is? Markus Persson: Reading up on history, thinking for yourself, and not being an idiot.”
Markus Persson (born 1979) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Twitter (14 August 2017)
“I disagree with him on some of the issues. But when he came out and said he’s willing to audit the Federal Reserve, I said, "He’s worth supporting," especially since he’s not afraid to be politically incorrect. That’s a huge breath of fresh air, I wish he would renounce his support for the NSA.”
Ben Garrison (born 1957) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lakeside Cartoonist a Player on the Political World Stage (June 25, 2016)
“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it. In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t.”
Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Try out for position in 90th Division Band. I’m afraid I did not do so well because my lips were chapped from the hot, desert wind and I was terribly thirsty.”
Virgil John Tangborn (1920–1944) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July 20, 1943
“If you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the Circuses.”
William H. McRaven (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As Americans, we should be frightened — deeply afraid for the future of the nation. When good men and women can’t speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self-preservation are more important than national security — then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil.”
William H. McRaven (born 1955) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: McRaven wrote in a February 20 editorial in the Washington Post about the dismissal by the president of the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, for having briefed congressional intelligence committ…
“I definitely picked up Renee's talent for saying hateful things, and I would use it against her. That's why I'm always so afraid of losing my temper on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. If I ever did, I would really eviscerate someone.”
Erika Jayne (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir, you are continually insulting. Is that because you are afraid of losing your authority? Is that why you give free rein to your vexatious personality, constantly assuming the shrill posture of a dictator?”
John Jakes (1932–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not that we cannot think. It is that we are afraid to think. It is so much easier to go with the tide than against it, to shout with the crowd than to stand lonely and suspect in the midst of it. Even some of us who try to escape this hypnotism of the flock do not succeed in thinking independently. We only succeed in getting into other flocks.”
Alfred George Gardiner (1865–1946) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "Thinking for One's Self", Leaves in the Wind (1920)
“We are not afraid of the owl, we are sometimes hawks.”
Mehmed II (1432–1481) said by 1481 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am afraid of sharks I will not swim out past my head And sometimes I worry my boyfriend will die My first love is already dead”
Sia (musician) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fear, (2001).
“Quality men are not afraid of quality women.”
Bernadette Lahai (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Various authors concur in saying that Muhammad took the village of Rawar by assault, in which city there was a wife of Dahir, who, afraid of being captured, burned herself along with her handmaids and all that she possessed.”
Al-Baladhuri (820–892) said by 892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where I used to stand up alone seven years ago, now I belong to a community of many people who stand up with me. I am no longer alone when I stand up to speak about these things. I belong to a group of young people who are passionate about the country, who want to bring about change, and they're no longer afraid, and they're no longer smart cowards. So that was my story.”
Boniface Mwangi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Conservative Party tries to avoid important but controversial issues of concern to Conservatives and Canadians in general. It is afraid to articulate any coherent philosophy to support its positions.”
Maxime Bernier (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“do not be afraid to talk to that lonely boy on the train ... with the rosy red cheeks, sun glasses & big cigar... he just mmight be... angel”
“im afraid you do not grasp the enormity of who it is you are dealing with. (removes diaper,. revealing two sub-diapers ) Shall we continue..”
“im afraid i must say that i do not find the mysteries featured on "scooby-doo" challenging enough .”
“I say, old man, you’re developing something of a persecution complex, I’m afraid—” “That’s easy, when you’re persecuted.”
Keith Laumer (1925–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trump has now determined that he and he alone will be the sole arbiter of whether a woman’s claims of sexual assault and misogyny are credible. Why even have an FBI investigation? I thought it was their job to make this determination. He and Kavanaugh are afraid of the truth.”
Michael Avenatti (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The saint of killers too afraid to kill”
Joseph Arthur (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the Muslim ban onward, I had the painful realization that even though most of what the administration was going to throw at us was very personal in that their proposals would have an actual impact on me and those that I love, I couldn't grieve because I had to show up for my constituents and the country. At least when I was fighting for them, I was no longer afraid.”
Ilhan Omar (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source