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“When you laugh at something, you don’t fear it anymore.”
Kage Baker (1952–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Faith and its attendant rituals sound like a good deal, the whole eternal salvation thing, but inevitably they lead to fear, oppression, the rack and flames.”
Kage Baker (1952–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Their work was undercover—yet their existence unconcealed. That is how fear works.”
Lindsey Davis (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger.”
Tim Bray (born 1955) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Android teammate: iPhone a "Disney-fied walled garden" in Electronista (15 March 2010)
“Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.”
Edwin Boring (1886–1968) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Edwin G. Boring (1942) Sensation and Perception in the History of Experimental Psychology, Preface. p. xi
“Life is not worth living without ambition. In this life, nothing is impossible. Don’t allow fear to hold you back”
Aliko Dangote (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who will not really fear you, Jehovah, and glorify your name, because you alone are loyal?”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And the 24 elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God who sits on the throne and said: “Amen! Praise Jah!” Also, a voice came from the throne and said: “Be praising our God, all you his slaves, who fear him, the small ones and the great.”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Arthur Wellesley had waited six years for this moment. He was twenty-nine years old and had begun to fear that he would never see battle, but now, at last, he would discover whether he and his regiment could fight, and so he filled his lungs to give the order that would start the slaughter.”
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He's actually a rather good ruler. Better, I suspect, than most of our Christian monarchs. He's certainly been good for Mysore. He's fetched it a deal of wealth, given it more justice than most countries enjoy in India and he's been tolerant to most religions, though I fear he did persecute some unfortunate Christians.”
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The subject being unusual, I fear that I shall not make myself intelligible, but I will do my endeavour, that the reasons of our judgment may be apprehended.”
John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) first seen 1699 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: B. v. Knight and Burton (1699), 1 Raym. 527.
“If we can’t solve our problems we must DESTROY our problems... One day incels will realise their true strength and numbers and will overthrow this oppressive feminist system. Start envisioning a world where WOMEN FEAR YOU.”
Elliot Rodger (1991–2014) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Rhys Blakely, "‘I will be a god. I will slaughter you like animals’", The Australian (July 19, 2014)
“Free inquiry requires that we tolerate diversity of opinion and that we respect the right of individuals to express their beliefs, however unpopular they may be, without social or legal prohibition or fear of success.”
Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paul Kurtz (1983) In defense of secular humanism, p. 16
“Yesterday Sisley was looking for me everywhere. Madame Latouche told me that he wanted some information about the technique of painting fans. Well, this means my fans are spoken of.. .I only fear one thing: that they will finally say that's all I am good for! [fans!]”
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter, Paris, 5 February 1886, to his son Lucien; in Camille Pissarro - Letters to His Son Lucien ed. John Rewald, with assistance of Lucien Pissarro; from the unpublished French letters; transl. Lionel Abel; Pantheon …
“We are still very much annoyed by out-of-date notions of time. Please, would you throw away your watches! At least toss aside the minutes and hours. Obviously we all realize that we are not everlasting. Our fear of death has inspired the creation of beautiful works of art. And this was a fine thing, too. However, our only eternal possession will be change.”
Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reprinted in 'Zero', ed. Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press 1973, p. 120
“Racism originated not in ignorance and fear but as part of an enlightened enterprise of intellectual discovery.”
Dinesh D'Souza (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We had a very hostile period [towards drag] after 9/11, especially in America, that was very fear based. And right now, we are enjoying an open window, politically and culturally. But don’t be fooled – all of this is cyclical. I’ve seen the window open in my lifetime and I’ve seen it close.”
RuPaul (born 1960) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Owen Myers in The subversive genius of RuPaul (2015)
“These are people who want to foil elections... has been always defiant, and always will be despite the pain and fear. It will succeed.”
Salwa Bughaighis (1963–2014) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Salwa Bugaighis in phone interview by al-Nabaa network interrupted by gunfire, 25 June 2014: Quoted in: Chris Stephen. "Libya in shock after murder of human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis," The Guardian, Thursday 26 Ju…
“I don't want to live in your world in which 1 percent of the children are born defective."My answer was rather brutal, I fear. "It is not my world,”
Herman Kahn (1922–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My readers, I fear, have like my reviewer been somewhat misled by looking into my concluding essay for the most important proofs of my main position. But there I am dealing with a problem, or with problems, important and intricate, indeed, but still subordinate to this main one, and only auxiliary to my principal aim.”
George Holmes Howison (1834–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A democratic government can gain strength and vitality only by constant scrutiny and the genuine fear that it may be thrown out of a vigilant public opinion.”
V. V. Giri (1894–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without fear or favour whatever successes I have been able to make of my life, I owe to the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi who could make man out of dust. I was greatly inspired in my youth by a remark Jawaharlal Nehru had made, ‘Success comes to those that dare and act...’ In fact this remark was my motto in life.”
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in 1989 - towards the end of his Presidential term
“Investigators like to wave around the word ‘gang.’ They use it to strike fear in the heart of the community. It tends to also involve a lot of puffery and allegations that maybe perhaps aren’t 100 percent solid.”
Jay Leiderman (1971–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Plato shows us how Socrates goes to his death in complete peace and composure. The death of Socrates is a beautiful death. Nothing is seen here of death’s terror. Socrates cannot fear death, since indeed it sets us free from the body. . . . Death is the soul’s great friend. So he teaches; and so, in wonderful harmony with his teaching, he dies.”
Oscar Cullmann (1902–1999) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Better Hope for the Soul, The Watchtower magazine, 8/1 1996.
“Religion, you see, is not in its roots adoration of a god or a goddess. Religion is fear. Religion is the spark that issues forth when the thought of death or danger strikes the individual. It’s personal. It grows out of darkness and uncertainty.”
A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clothing is my personal thing. Every time I get dressed, I fear that it will be the next three days' wear”
Sania Mirza (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Philosophy takes it upon itself to throw off the fear of things earthly, to rob death of its poisonous sting.”
Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Star of Redemption (1921), p. 3.
“One needs a complex package of policies and, as we always stress, structural reforms come first, because many of the problems of the euro area are structural. And I'm sure that's also the biggest fear for the Governing Council as a whole. We discussed the possibility of negative deposit rates, but our objective is maintaining price stability.”
Mario Draghi (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly—hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear.”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes (1997), p. 87
“Is not because I am a poor sailor and fear the voyage to .”
Alex Salmond (1954–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We drink our morning coffee with a drop of fear.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many of our leaders have gone past the old-fashioned politics of the democratic era and entered into the politics of fear. People running for national office no longer emphasize their views about the economy or social change. The leading political question of our time has become: who can ease our nightmares?”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is just another means of manipulation. We can use that emotion like we use hatred and fear.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear requires a desire to exist in the future.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who is unacquainted with the sparkling eye. The full and quick pulse, the free respiration, the glowing colour, and serene brow of the joyous? Who is not familiar with the trembling aspect, the stammering hesitation, the cold ruffled skin, the bristling hair, the palpitating heart, the uneasiness, the impeded respiration, the paleness, the low pulse, and all the other symptoms occasioned by fear?”
Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 95 1852 tr
“Stimulation of brain pleasure centers can eliminate feelings of rage, fear, and depression.”
James W. Prescott (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O venerable father Bernard, I lay my claim before you, for, highly honored by God, you bring fear to the immoral foolishness of this world and, in your intense zeal and burning love for the Son of God, gather men [cf. Luke 5.10] into Christ's army to fight under the banner of the cross against pagan savagery. I beseech you in the name of the Living God to give heed to my queries.”
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) first seen 1146 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1146-47
“Scrabble fans might be troubled to see 3 Y tiles in tonight's episode. Fear not. The "Super Scrabble" version of the game actually comes with 4 Y tiles. Disaster averted.”
Chuck Lorre (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
“The third of the twelve truths in this book is that you must accept that fear is good.”
“Instead of fearing what could go wrong. Fear what happens if you never try.”
“You have the power to change the world and your only fear should be wasting the opportunity while you have the time to wield it.”
“As long as my colleagues and I have anything to do with the government of this province, we will see to it that Alberta continues to lead the world in the great fight to secure for every man, woman and child complete and permanent freedom from fear and worry and from social and economic insecurity.”
Ernest Manning (1908–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the confusion, fear and discontent of our times seem to be reaching towards an extreme, despite a technological development bringing a wealth and a luxury unparalleled in history, why is an exactly coincident decay of religion scarcely ever suggested as a causal factor?”
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne (1896–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a historian I fear Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilisation in its entirety.”
Donald Tusk (born 1957) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Donald Tusk: Brexit could destroy Western political civilisation BBC News (13 June 2016)
“Fear of death pushed Seven Sleepers into a cave, Made Noah and his son build a ship; Nor did Moses and Adam think it pleasant to die Though they were promised paradise.”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By placing… cell-containing soup in bullet-shaped cell cages formed out of permeable plastics, a single population of cells can be introduced into the brain. ...the hormones that are produced by the cells make their way... into the brain. ...'artificial glands' …with no fear of cell migration.”
Richard Bergland wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish to know your Excellency's pleasure about my returning to camp. I expect Mrs. Greene will be put to bed every day. She is very desirous of my stay until that event; and, as she has set her heart so much upon it, I could wish to gratify her, for fear of some disagreeable consequences, as women sometimes, under such circumstances, receive great injury by being disappointed.”
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish to know whether I must increase the number of pack-horses. Orders have been given for one thousand; but General Sullivan thinks near five hundred more will be wanted. It does not appear so to me; but I am not a good judge of the business. The Board of War are out of lead; and I fear the ammunition will not be ready. This is only conjectural.”
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source