Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hunter S. Thompson

All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.

Hunter S. Thompson

The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life

Hunter S. Thompson

In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.

Hunter S. Thompson

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

Hunter S. Thompson

Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious.

Honore de Balzac

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

James Bovard

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Elrond's house was perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness. ... Evil things did not come into the secret valley of Rivendell.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall.

J. R. R. Tolkien

What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

J. R. R. Tolkien

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

Isaac Barrow

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.

Isaac Asimov

The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

Before ... my fear was it would be passed and wouldn't be used for what they said it would be for because it wasn't specific enough.

Kristin Davis

Charlotte: I could never! I have the most terrible fear of heights!Carrie: Well, I do not... you've seen my shoes.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

John Bunyan

He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride

John Ruskin

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue

Patrick Henry

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Joseph Roth

There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly.

Lisi Harrison

This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there's nothing to be afraid of. If we don't get over our fears, they never will.

Leonardo da Vinci

He who fears dangers will not perish by them.

Leonardo da Vinci

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

Patrick Rothfuss

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

no hour arrives so soon as the one we dread.

Neal A. Maxwell

Don't fear, just live right.

Natan Sharansky

When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.

Mikhail Bulgakov

the hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless

Marilyn Ferguson

The other side of every fear is a freedom.

Marilyn Ferguson

Fear is a question What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated.

Mark Allen

Look at your life as an experiment. Make a comprise with all your doubts and fears: For a year or two, do what you can to move toward your ideal scene, in a easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way. See what happens.