Scare Quotes - Page 17

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that goal. To learn everything I could. I always poked at the things that scared me most.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

Did you forget me? Or are you too scared to tell me that you met me in fear that I won't remember?

Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.

I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I've had my breasts lifted - but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.

I'm not ashamed to say I fear something. Besides me having a fear to fly, I also don't want to scare other people. When I'm on a plane, I don't want to freak out everyone else, too.

Now that I'm a professional writer it's a little more difficult to enjoy a movie if it's not well done and a lot of the horror movies are not great, but when something's really good, like I really loved The Conjuring. That just scared the bejesus out of me.

When people get scared, they quit giving.

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

You get those occasional moments when you're absolutely calm, and you've just done something that would have scared you shitless earlier that day, and you've just done it like it was nothing. I find that very relaxing.

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

Somebody is going to win & somebody is not, and that's fine... But we will never refuse to participate because we're scared to fail.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows "Boo", he said. Jace was grinning. "Come on,surely you've got a phobia or two. What scares you?" Alec thought for a moment. "Spiders," he said. Clary turned to Luke. "Have you got a spider anywhere?" Luke looked exasperated. "Why would I have a spider? Do I look like someone who would collect them?" No offense," Jace said, "but you kind of do.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people.

How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn't that be news-worthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition and lies? I think it would be news-worthy.

If something scares me then I feel like I have to do it.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.

Write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.