Fear of Repercussions Quotes

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It's a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

I receive more threats than I could count; it's almost every week.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didn't want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didn't want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.

'Dad, Dad, I'm getting married.' 'Sh-sh, don't say it. Nothing, nothing. Don't do anything.' So he honestly - 'cause he was taught don't celebrate - they'll take it away from you. And his parents were taught that, and his parents and parents' parents. Because if you did celebrate, and you were visible, it could be very, very dangerous.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.

Sometimes I don't tell the truth, which is telling the truth about not telling the truth. I think people don't tell the truth when they're afraid that something bad's going to happen if they tell the truth. I say things all the time that I could really get into trouble for, but they kind of blow over.

People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted, too?

He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear.

I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

I never know if a book is crazy or not. There's that fear - this is the one that will end it all.

Drew never argues with me because I carry very heavy power tools all the time.

I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't.

I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away.

GamerGate has had an almost indescribable toll on my family.

When I read my interviews, I feel, is it me? I constantly wonder if someone will get hurt if I say this or that. It is unfortunate that I am scared to say what I feel.

I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.

Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.

People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job.

Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.

I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because sometimes the fear creeps in of 'What if fewer people watch the show or fewer people hire me because I express my politics?' For me, the commitment is to never be quiet just because I'm in the public eye.

I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.