Quotes about Irrational Fear

I am bundle of nerves riddled with irrational fears. Votes: 3

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. Votes: 3

I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I've never gotten over it. Votes: 3

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Votes: 3

I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know. Votes: 3

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Votes: 2

Homophobia: The irrational fear the three fags will break into your house and redecorate it against your will. Votes: 2

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems. Votes: 2

There are irrational fears. If you see a woman wearing a hijab and fear is your first thought, something's really wrong. Votes: 2

Any irrational fears?no, i'm quite a rationalist. i'm not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worry about illogical things. Votes: 2

Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by other people, we get indoctrinated and we get influenced by advertising. Votes: 2

When I stand on the edge of a cliff or right at the edge of a building or something, it's one of the few things that gives me kind of a deep, overwhelming, irrational fear where it affects my physiology. Votes: 2

We'll tell our secrets to the dark"-Adam "Okay"-Mia "So let's hear another of your irrational fears"-Adam "I'm scared of losing you"-Mia "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen"-Adam "It still scares me"- Mia Votes: 2

My parents had irrational fears of Mexico and assumed that once you crossed the border, drug runners made you swallow a heroin balloon and then within the hour you were in a bathtub full of ice and they were harvesting your kidneys. Votes: 2

You'll think this is a bit silly, but I'm a bit--well, I have a thing about birds." "What, a phobia?" "Sort of." "Well, that's the common term for an irrational fear of birds." "What do they call a rational fear of birds, then? Votes: 2

We have to be the people who stand up and say look, vigilance is good and prudence is good. But a kind of irrational fear that leads itself to demagogic rhetoric is something that we have to say no - no, we're not going to go there. Votes: 2

So let's hear another one of your irrational fears. Mia grasped me by the arms and pulled herself in to my chest, like she was burrowing her body into mine. "I'm scared of losing you," she said in the faintest of voices." I pushed her away so I could see her face and kissed the top of her forehead. "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen. Votes: 2

I actually have a very real, irrational fear of zombies. Votes: 1

I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me. Votes: 1

I have an irrational fear that something bad is going to happen to me when I'm drinking out of a water fountain. I have no idea why. Votes: 1

I think we are intrinsically prone to being irrational and superstitious. A lot of it comes from our fear of the unknown and the fear of a lack of control over our fate. Votes: 1

I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety. Votes: 1

There's absolutely nothing irrational about me; insane, yes, irrational, no. But my dumbest fear would be spinning in the magic tea cups. Who the hell wants to pay to spin around like a bent yoyo for laughs? Votes: 1

I am never excited to play through a song all the way, because it can reveal more flaws that mean more work. For some reason, I always have an irrational fear that the song will never be finished. Votes: 1

Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed. Votes: 1

When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division. Votes: 0

Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary. Votes: 0

Fear of death is irrational. We all know we will die one day. But again we are irrational beings Votes: 0

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built. Votes: 0

If you're afraid of something, face it. Fear is irrational. The only way to conquer your fear is to stand next to it. Votes: 0

Our enemy is fear. Blinding, reason-killing fear. Fear consumes the truth and poisons all the evidence, leading us to false assumptions and irrational conclusions. Votes: 0

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields. Votes: 0

Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows. Votes: 0