Scary Quotes - Page 20

• I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel.

  Jennifer Saunders

  Games, Police, Video

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Knowing, People, Negativity

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• It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent

  Dennis Prager

  Government, Use, Eras

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• The mighty hunter," I quipped as we snuck out the backdoor, escaping into the yard. "He can take down vicious rabids and rampaging boars, but one old lady can make him flee in terror.""One scary old lady," he corrected me, looking relieved to be out of the house. "You didn't hear what she told me when I got up - you're so cute I could put you in a pie. Tell me that's not the creepiest thing you've ever heard." His voice climbed a few octaves, turning shrill and breathy. "Today for dessert, we have apple pie, blueberry pie and Ezekiel pie.

  Julie Kagawa

  Cute, Escaping, Voice

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• The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.

  Simon Sinek

  Trying, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Apr 28, 2015

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• Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.

  Melissa Sue Anderson

  Adversity, Decision, Brave

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• The goal is to be on the hook, not to let someone else do the scary parts.

  Seth Godin

  Goal, Hook

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• And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, 'This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I’m going to go hide in the garage.'

  Anne Lamott

  Hate, Believe, People

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• Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?

  Julia Cameron

  Prayer, Responsibility, Watches

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.92, Penguin

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• A DARK MATTER is a page-turning thriller of every sort: psychological, sociological, epistemological . Plus, it's really scary.

  Lorrie Moore

  Dark, Pages Turning, Matter

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• Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.

  Taylor Swift

  Growing Up, Knowing, Without You

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• Most ideas are a bit scary, and if an idea isn't scary, it's not an idea at all.

  Lee Clow

  Ideas, Bits, Ifs

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• People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strikes them as being a marvelous place, and they want to keep bringing that to everybody's attention. You know ~ a scary place, a menacing place, an exciting place because it's scary and menacing. But mainly, kind of glorious.

  Warren Zevon

  Girl, Jobs, Writing

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• It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head.

  Tom Selleck

  Jobs, Character, Interesting

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• I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Littles, Rewards, Found

  "CNBC Transcript: Actor Ashton Kutcher Sits Down with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo on 'Closing Bell' Today". "Closing Bell" with Maria Bartiromo, www.cnbc.com. August 6, 2013.

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• Someone asked the Swiss physician & author Paul Tournier how he helped his patients get rid of their fears. He replied, 'I don't. Everything that's worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids--all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.'

  Philip Yancey

  Kids, School, Careers

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?”, p.38, Zondervan

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• The internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we're part of the medium. The scary thing is, we'll lose our right to privacy. An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us.

  Steven Spielberg

  Air, Talking, Television

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• You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act.

  Robin Williams

  Laughing, Choices, Going Away

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• Follow Through is elegant, sure footed, smart—a nest of sticks that won’t stay sticks—a nest of sticks that snowballs—scary and marvelous.

  Lucy Corin

  Smart, Nests, Sticks

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• What's awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That's scary, and they just seem to think it's okay to do it, like you're public property.

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, People, Actresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

  Julianna Margulies

  Risk, The End Of The Day, Might

  Interview with Alan Cumming, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 7, 2010.

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• When I saw myself with barely any makeup at, it was such a… like, I'm so, so attached to my pink lipstick, it's hard. I feel that it's become a part of me. To go in front of the camera, without pink lips or big ol' crazy lashes — you know, nothing — I felt naked. It was scary! So this photo shoot was a real accomplishment in my eyes.

  Nicki Minaj

  Crazy, Real, Eye

  "Nicki Minaj: Agent Provocateur" by James Patrick Herman, www.elle.com. March 14, 2013.

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• It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.

  Radha Mitchell

  Character, Mind, Kind

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• Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.

  David Arquette

  Kids, Today, Computer

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

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• Most of the time you don't even know they're there. Now, that's the scary thing. It's really strange and invading, but I'm still working it all out. I try to not let it bother me. And if I want to swim naked in my pool, I'm still going to do it. I certainly don't want to feel that I have to change everything in my life that I do to cater to them. I just won't let it happen.

  Heath Ledger

  Swim, Trying, Naked

  National Post, May 2001.

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