#afraid

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #afraid




I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.


Steve Martin


#americanized #anyone #ask #classic #could

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.


Edgar Lee Masters


#boat #end #life #longing #madness

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.


Bob Newhart


#benny #bravest #comedian #doubt #ever

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.


Flannery O'Connor


#am #book #controversial #i #i am

I'm deathly afraid of rats.


Jodi Lyn O'Keefe


#deathly #i #rats

I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars.


Daniel Okrent


#around #cars #chasing #dogs #i

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.


David Ogilvy


#afraid #competitors #manufacturers #many #march

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.


Blaise Pascal


#be true #despise #hate #may #men

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.


Bayard Rustin


#behave #true #truth #were

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.


Joan of Arc


#conduct #first #first time #god #govern