#afraid

Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#because #critics #fear #need #people

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless. ↗

— Willa Cather

#always #become #bottomless #drop #even

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. ↗

— Marilyn Ferguson

#because #contains #explore #fear #fears

As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget. ↗

— Ben Chandler

#attorney #attorney general #because #budget #bunch

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. ↗

— John Cleese

#brian #english #grail #holy #holy grail

I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

#ghost #heard #i #never #who

You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that the young will not be afraid of dying. People don't like old women. We don't honor age in our society, and we certainly don't honor it in Hollywood. ↗

— Tyne Daly

#age #certainly #dying #hair #hollywood

My wife was afraid of the dark... then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#dark #light #me #naked #now

Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging. ↗

— Matt Damon

#anything #business #choices #clinging #down

I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#artist #bad #caught #draw #get