Fear Of Unknown Quotes

We're frightened of what makes us different.

If you don't go, you'll never know.

Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

People tend to be scared of what they can't see.

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

I'm terrified of the supernatural things, which is why I'm very grateful that I don't see things like that. Because if I did see things of the paranormal persuasion, I don't think I'd be able to continue making scary movies.

It's always easier for people to face backward than to face forward.

It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.

I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come out into the light with the rest of us? They may be perfectly nice, but the hoods send an uncertain statement.

I don't want to change anything, because I don't know how to deal with change.

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.

Men fear most what they cannot see.

The main thing as a director, you always want to have a bit of a worry about the material you're going to get yourself into. You want to be a bit scared of it so that you have that excitement of having to climb the mountain.

Our mania for rational explanations obviously has its roots in our fear of metaphysics, for the two were always hostile brothers. Hence, anything unexpected that approaches us from the dark realm is regarded either as coming from outside and, therefore, as real, or else as a hallucination and, therefore, not true. The idea that anything could be real or true which does not come from outside has hardly begun to dawn on contemporary man.

On this earth, though far and near, without love, there's only fear.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Am I more afraid Of taking a chance and learning I'm somebody I don't know, or of risking new territory, only to find I'm the same old me? There is comfort in the tried and true. Breaking ground might uncover a sinkhole, one impossible to climb out of. And setting sail in uncharted waters might mean capsizing into a sea monster's jaws. Easier to turn my back on these things than to try tjem and fail. And yet, a whisper insists I need to know if they are or aren't integral to me. Status quo is a swamp. And stagnation is slow death.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.

I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore, it must be worse.

Really it's always things that scare me like loss of control, dealing with the unknown and the unseen... Something that's not supposed to be there and you don't know where it came from, or what it wants from you, or how to defend yourself against it. That's the root of the things I find scary.

We all fear what we don't know - it's natural.

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.