Perceived Threat Quotes

The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.

They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked. They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone." And what difference does that make?

The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon the kinds of government that hold sway in major countries.

The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.

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.

Our image has undergone change from David fighting Goliath to being Goliath.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.

A lamb appears a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear.

When the body is in pain, a distorted area of awareness is crying out to the rest of awareness for help.

You aren't exactly the best judge of what is or isn't dangerous.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

Whenever I'm doing anything romantic with an actor, or if there's a director around, I never want anybody's wife to feel threatened by me.

When Time magazine conducted a poll in Europe in March [2003] asking which of three - North Korea, Iraq, or the United States - was the biggest threat to world peace, a whopping 86.9% answered the United States.

The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.

When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

I felt foolish and tired, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind to discover there was no one there.

Capital punishment is about portraying people as devils, but women are usually seen as less threatening

There is a huge difference between danger and fear.

These CEOs, man ... If you're that ruthless, you're a scary dude. I tell you, now when I walk past a little gang banger, I don't even blink. But if I see a white dude with a Wall Street Journal, I haul ass. Before I walk past the Arthur Andersen building, I cut through the projects. If you cut through the projects, you may just lose what you have on you that day. I ain't never been mugged of my whole future.

The funny part is I feel like somebody is stalking me, like, at my local course and sizing up my game.

Stop being frightened. You only see a monster because they want you to see monsters everywhere. They've conditioned you to look for monsters in every shadow, every coat hung on every door. As long as we keep seeing monsters, we'll continue to need protection and that's how other people get to control our lives.

When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.