Intimidating Quotes

• Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

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• The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!

  Bill Watterson

  Writing, Fog, Practice

  "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1994.

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• Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Revenge, Hate, Hatred

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1477, e-artnow

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• Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

  John Philpot Curran

  May, Intimidation

  Charles PHILLIPS (One of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors'Court.), John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) (1850). “Recollections of Curran, and some of his contemporaries ... Second edition”, p.377

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• There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Courage, Women

  Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.79, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Life And Love, Fighting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Thinking, People, Personality

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• I need no bodyguard at all, for even the bravest men who approach me get weak at the knees and their hearts turn to water, whilst their heads become giddy and incapable of thinking as the sweat of fear paralyzes them.

  Shaka

  Fear, Heart, Men

  "Shaka Zulu : The Rise of the Zulu Empire". Book by E. A. Ritter, p. 319, 1955.

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• Silence can be intimidating, sometimes provocative, sometimes a form of resistance because it dislocates.

  Elia Suleiman

  Silence, Resistance, Sometimes

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Friends can be incredible sometimes, but have you ever had a friend that can be really annoying or really mean to you? Friends shouldn't stab you in the back. Have you ever wondered if your friend has ever said stuff about you to their other friends? It gets pretty intimidating sometimes to think about that. What I'm saying is to find your friends that are real. Don't keep the ones that are fake and are just friends with you for what you have. Be strong. Don't take no for an answer. Never back down. Stand up for what you believe in. Friends are great to have, but just be cautious. (.

  Austin Mahone

  Strong, Real, Believe

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• Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Screw Ups, Cameras, Stage

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder.

  Alice Miller

  Children, Giving, Soul

  "Forgiving Others and Trusting God . . . a Handbook for Survivors of Child". Book by J. E. Norris-Bernal, p. 16, 2011.

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• Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.

  Don Drysdale

  Attitude, Guy, Balls

  "You Let Some GIRL Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale". Book by Ann Meyers Drysdale, p. 24, 2012.

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• You can say anything with a Post-It. I’m not entirely sure why that is. Maybe the friendliness of the squares makes it easier. A square is nicely compact and less intimidating than a full page. And they come in cheerful colors. Non-white paper is kind of inherently festive. Or maybe paper that sticks feels more important than paper that can blow away. (Though you can move them, if you need to put them somewhere else.) They might not be as lasting as words carved in stone, but Post-It thoughts will stay. For awhile, at least.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Moving, Blow, Squares

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• Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

  Criss Jami

  People, Creative, Mediocrity

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.122, Criss Jami

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• If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.

  Bobby Orr

  Team, Player, Trying

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• I wanted to show you that it's not all cold and intimidating," Finn explained. "I wanted you to see something warm and beautiful.

  Amanda Hocking

  Beautiful, Cold, Shows

  Amanda Hocking (2012). “Switched”, p.84, Pan Macmillan

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• If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing — anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.

  Rachel Weisz

  Women, Mean, Blow

  Interview with Emma Forrest, www.indexmagazine.com. 2001.

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• The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

  Leigh Steinberg

  People, Intimidation, Whole

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• There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

  Stanley Schmidt

  Real, Technological Change, Suggestions

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• He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

  Milan Kundera

  Anger, Conflict, Resolution

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• Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.

  Eric Frank Russell

  Idiot, Worn, Manifest

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• The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a racist movement, period! If it were, why would the straw polls keep showing that the black guy is winning? That's a rhetorical question. Let me state it: The black guy keeps winning.

  Herman Cain

  Party, Winning, Thinking

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• The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

  Tyra Banks

  Runway

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• People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

  Shawn Johnson

  Gymnastics, People, Olympics

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