#fear

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work. ↗

— Louis Aragon

#always #control #error #every #everything

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early. ↗

— Max Baer

#define #early #fear #go #go home

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#everything #fear #having #i #laugh

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#being #burglars #clutch #darkness #fear

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#behind #down #electrical #fear #instance

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#avoid #becoming #community #confederation #dreadful

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil. ↗

— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

#fear #god #love #love

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. ↗

— Anatole France

#events #fears #future #hopes #man

Jealousy is the fear of comparison. ↗

— Max Frisch

#comparison #fear

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. ↗