A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers. Michael Morpurgo on fear
I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. Mariska Hargitay on fear
You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. Mariska Hargitay on fear
My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on fear
In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. Elinor Wylie on fear
What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear. Patrick Swayze on fear
But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best. Barry Bonds on fear
The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea. Patrick Wilson on fear
It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. John Boyd Orr on fear
To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most. Jenson Button on fear
When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. M. Night Shyamalan on fear
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. Charles Frohman on fear
There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all! Ben Stiller on fear
I'd like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I'd like to face. Freida Pinto on fear
Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. Melissa Rosenberg on fear
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind. Edward Walker on fear
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. Cecil Beaton on fear
I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies. Laurell K. Hamilton on fear