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Being Scared Quotes

What fear actually feels like in the body.

One quote describes being scared as a surprisingly physical experience, one that can make a person hyperventilate to the point of nearly passing out. For more on the emotional side of fear, see Fear quotes.

It's amazing how much of a bodily experience being scared is. It doesn't take very long of hyperventilating to feel like you're going to pass out. It's one of those things where being scared is more of a physiological response...

Quotes by Willa Fitzgerald

One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children....

Quotes by Suzanne Collins

Sometimes being scared of something can be good because it can give you strength. A great example for me would be acting in English! Basically, whenever I'm scared of a project, I know it's worth it.

Quotes by Stephanie Sigman

I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding her hand while she jumps.

Quotes by Scott Foley

Anxiety Quotes

The main battle is to make people realise that doubt is important. Doubt is good. The 'don't know' answer sometimes is the box you should tick, and it's about not being scared about that fact. Even the greatest minds don't...

Quotes by Robin Ince

Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that's why people crave thrills like...

Quotes by Oren Peli

Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.

Quotes by Lil B

Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If...

Quotes by Lawrence Bender

I feel like people being themselves and not being scared of judgment, they're putting that into their music, and it's like, 'Wow, they came up with something fire because they didn't care how you were going to feel about it....

Quotes by Kodie Shane

Fear Quotes

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

Quotes by Kirsten Dunst

I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.

Quotes by Katie Chang

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

Quotes by Jon Batiste

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Quotes by John Wayne

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

Quotes by Jason Blum

Protection Quotes

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.

Quotes by Gemma Chan

I'm a big fan of being scared I like being scared. I like being involved in a film that will make audiences scared, that intrigues me.

Quotes by Emma Caulfield

I hated being scared when I was little. Aliens really scared me.

Quotes by Claire Coffee

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

Quotes by Camilla Lackberg

I guess the reason that I'm a horror fan is that I think it gives people the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being scared in a safe environment. I think that's why, for all of human history, we've been...

Quotes by Annie Parisse

Uncertainty Quotes

You can live your life being scared of losing someone, and at the end of the day, if he is going to leave you, he'll leave you, and that's it.

Quotes by Ali Hewson

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Being Scared quotes collection about?
It gathers quotes describing the physical and emotional experience of fear, from haunted houses to early stage memories and the ethics of writing about war.
Why do people search for being scared quotes?
Readers look for language that captures fear honestly, whether for describing a specific frightening moment or reflecting on how fear shapes behavior over time.
How does one quote describe the physical sensation of being scared?
It says being scared is very much a bodily experience, noting that hyperventilating for even a short time can make a person feel like they're about to pass out.
Is there a quote about visiting a haunted house?
Yes, one speaker admits to not handling haunted houses well, despite having otherwise lived their whole life largely without being scared.
Does a quote connect being scared to an early musical memory?
Yes, one recalls being scared stiff as a youngster performing conga drums on stage with their family's band, describing it as their earliest musical memory.

Other quotes take a calmer view, with one person recalling a lifetime of rarely being scared and another tracing an early musical memory tied to genuine stage fright. See Anxiety quotes and Uncertainty quotes for related themes.