Christopher Hitchens - Martin Amis - Jonathan Safran Foer - Marilyn Manson - The Plastic People of the Universe - Fridtjof Nansen - William Shakespeare - Paul Coelho - Franz Kafka - The Sopranos TV - A Bronx Tale 1993 - High Plains Drifter 1973 - Ford Madox Ford - George Bernard Shaw - Sylvia Plath - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Blaise Pascal - Robert Tressell - Monty Python’s Flying Circus TV - Noam Chomsky - V for Vendetta 2005 - House of Cards US 2013-2018 - Breaking Bad 2008-2013 - George Bernard Shaw - Gilbert Harding - Jonathan Safran Foer - Leon: The Professional 1994 -
9,702. Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there’s nothing to be afraid of, I won’t know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid death, where I am incapacitated or imbecilic at the end which isn’t something to be afraid of, it’s something to be terrified of. (Fear & Death & Afraid) Christopher Hitchens
2,104. Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I’m too afraid to and have to eat it anyway. (Life’s Like That & Fear & Afraid) Martin Amis, Other People
9,648. It’s true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don’t mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine. (Fear & Death & Afraid) Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
9,662. Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won’t be afraid of it anymore. (Fear & Afraid & Monroe) Marilyn Manson
9,672. They are afraid of the old for their memory. They’re afraid of the young for their innocence. They’re afraid of the graves and the flowers people put on them. They’re afraid of those who aren’t in the Party. They’re afraid of singers, tennis players, Santa Claus, archives, each other. They’re afraid of truth. They’re afraid of freedom. They’re afraid of democracy. They’re afraid of Socialism. So why the hell are we afraid of them? (Fear & Totalitarianism & Czech & Afraid) The Plastic People of the Universe, song lyrics of banned pop group and forerunner to Charter 77
9,674. Never stop because you are afraid – you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer. (Fear & Afraid) Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer
9,680. Art thou afeard
To be the same in thine own act and valour
As thou art in desire? (Fear & Afraid) William Shakespeare, Macbeth I vii 39-41, Lady Macbeth
9,692. If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid. (Fear & Control & Afraid) Paulo Coelho
9,701. He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived. (Fear & Death & Afraid) Franz Kafka
18,899. Ralphie a fucking Capo – over my dead body. (Gangs US: New Jersey & Mafia & Mafia: US & Fear & Afraid) The Sopranos s3e8: He is Risen, Tony re Richie
18,900. You think I’m afraid of that fat fuck? (Gangs US: New Jersey & Mafia & Mafia: US & Fear & Afraid) ibid. Richie re Tony
21,134. We finally meet face to face. Are you afraid of me? (GBH Films & Fear & Afraid) A Bronx Tale 1993 starring Lillo Brancato junior & Robert De Niro & Chazz Palminteri & Taral Hicks & Francis Capra & Joe Pesci & Clem Caserta & Kathrine Narducci et al, director Robert De Niro, gangsta to Calogero
23,352. It’s what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid. (Western & Fear & Afraid) High Plains Drifter 1973 starring Clint Eastwood & Verna Bloom & Marianna Hill & Mitchell Ryan & Jack Ging & Ted Hartley & Billy Curtis & Dan Vadis & Geoffrey Lewis et al, director Clint Eastwood, Man With No Name
26,191. We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story. (War & Fear & Loneliness & Life’s Like That & Afraid) Ford Madox Ford
69,239. There is always danger for those who are afraid. (Danger & Fear & Afraid) George Bernard Shaw
87,684. I have always been scared of you,
With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo.
And your neat moustache
And your Aryan eye, bring blue.
Panzer-man, panzer-man O You – (Afraid & Fear & Father) Sylvia Plath, Daddy 1963
95,163. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
95,990. The eternal silence of these infinite spaces makes me afraid. (Infinite & Silence & Afraid) Blaise Pascal
96,442. Everyone was afraid. They knew that it was almost impossible to get a job for any other firm. They knew that this man had the power to deprive them of the means for earning a living; that he possessed the power to deprive their children of bread. (Management & Afraid & Employer) Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
104,090. Do we have any figures on how scared they are? Monty Python’s Flying s4e5: Mr Neutron, US army dude
107,091. The American. population is probably the most frightened population in the world. (Democracy & US Empire & Afraid) Noam Chomsky, lecture Deterring Democracy, Youtube 2.09.17 1992
118,271. People should not be afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people. (GBH Films & Government & Afraid) V for Vendetta 2005 starring Hugo Weaving & Natalie Portman & John Hurt & Stephen Rea & Stephen Fry & Tim Pigott-Smith & Rupert Graves & Roger Allam & John Standing & Eddie Marsam & Ben Miles et al, director James McTeigue
125,833. It’s amazing how ready people are to be afraid. (Politics & War on Terror & Terror & Afraid) House of Cards s5e1: Chapter 53, Claire
126,001. There’s absolutely nothing for you to be afraid of any more, OK? (Methamphetamine & Gangs US: New Mexico & Afraid) Breaking Bad s5e4: Fifty-One, Walter to Skyler
69,239. There is always danger for those who are afraid. (Danger & Fear & Afraid) George Bernard Shaw
9,198. I’m not afraid of death. I’m afraid of dying. I shall be very glad to be dead. (Death & Afraid) Gilbert Harding, interview BBC 1960
9,648. It’s true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don’t mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine. (Fear & Afraid & Death) Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
20,660. It’s when you really become afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life. (GBH Films & Life’s Like That & Death & Afraid) Leon: The Professional 1994 starring Jean Reno & Gary Oldman & Natalie Portman & Danny Aiello & Michael Badalucco & Ellen Greene & Willi One Blood & Don Creech & Adam Busch et al, director Luc Besson, Oldman