Afraid Quotes

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.

I never wanted children; maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

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

Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.

Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.

I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.

I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Always do what you are afraid to do.

People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.

I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I've never been to a class reunion or anything because I'm always afraid of that one - there's going to be some 'Carrie'-like incident.

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afraid of failure.

I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

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.

I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it.

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.

People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid.

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.

I'm very opinionated, very intelligent and not afraid to show that.

I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

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

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I have always been afraid of banks.

If he hadn't done that interview with Bashir, he wouldn't be there now. That was the first time he ever did an interview like that. He was afraid of something like that all along. And it happened.

I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

I ain't afraid to tell the world that it didn't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.

I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

I'm afraid of flying.

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

I've never been afraid to fail.

I'm not afraid of O.J. now.

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

I'm strong and fearless and not afraid to take risks in business.

I don't like the dark. I really am afraid of the dark.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.