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Fear Quotes - Page 48

Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.

Antonio Machado (2011). “Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado”, p.113, Wesleyan University Press

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.

Albert Einstein (2000). “Albert Einstein in his own words in two complete books: Relativity-the special and general theory; Out of my later years-the scientist, philosopher and man portrayed through his own words”

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

Adolf Hitler, General Press (2016). “Mein Kampf: (My Struggle)”, p.95, GENERAL PRESS

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

Lawrence Grobel, Truman Capote (1985). “Conversations with Capote”, E P Dutton

Do I dare disturb the universe?

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 45 (1917)

The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown.

Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel ...: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...”, p.362

Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.

Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.57, Lulu.com

Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power

Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.104, Macmillan