#fear

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#born #cannot #circumstances #differences #emotional

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. ↗

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

#fears #optimist #pessimist #possible #possible worlds

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. ↗

— Ovid

#fears #man #perish #whom #wishes

A fearful man is always hearing things. ↗

— Sophocles

#fearful #hearing #man #things

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst. ↗

— Sam Snead

#hazards #worst

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. ↗

— Grace Paley

#fear #forth #go #let us #rage

I actually had an experience where I thought somebody was breaking into my house. That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. I don't know if that's saying much. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#been #breaking #especially #ever #experience

Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes. ↗

— Vanessa Paradis

#make #sometimes #things #us #wrong

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#compelled #did #failure #fear #fight

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death. ↗

— Floyd Patterson

#been #death #fear #i #necessary