Afraid Quotes

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

I always recommend, if you can, to patent or protect whatever your idea is. If you can't, you have to make your best judgment. Sometimes people don't get anywhere because they sit on something, so afraid to reveal it. And yet, in the reverse, sometimes if you expose something too widely, you can risk losing it.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.

I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.

What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me.

There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

We should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States.

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.

If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.

I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.