Afraid Quotes

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.

Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!'

At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it.

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

I guess I'm afraid to retire because I don't know what I would do. I don't know what my talent is. So I don't know. So maybe I'm afraid to stop, but I've got to stop.

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

Children, if they haven't been introduced to foods by the time they're 3 years old, are afraid of it, as if it would hurt them. They don't really get out of that until they're 6 or 7 - it's a safety mechanism, and you're not going to win.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.'

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

People think I should be a success, but I'm afraid of it.

Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.