#fear

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire. ↗

— Dan Brown

#fear #human-nature #men

I'm terrified of getting involved with someone who disappoints me or leaves me empty and alone. I'm terrified of rejection, so I set my expectations so high that they can never be met, and I dig around with a magnifying glass looking for flaws in very person I date. There's always a flaw to exploit, and I'll find it so I never have to get too close. ↗

— Rachel Machacek

#fear #relationships #dating

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing. ↗

— Roger Caras

#causing #dressing #fear #only #pain

I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#aggressively #believe #communities #congress #country

My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#doctors #fear #had #her #marrying

The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised. ↗

— Carl Bernstein

#compete #creates #else #environment #fear

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#explaining #fear #hope #ignorance #nature

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#conquered #defeat #fears #sure #who

Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain. ↗

— Kit Bond

#cold #cold war #day #end #fear

True nobility is exempt from fear. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#fear #nobility #true