“I'm doing something new on South Street and people are telling me I'm crazy It's kinda freaking me out.”
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Anxious Quotes — page 58 of 107
“The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.”
“The full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the cost, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns.”
“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas. It's so easy to confuse schmoozing ability with talent. Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They're valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.”
“Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.”
“When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.”
“Steven wrote to me today, saying, 'Don't you feel like sticking your head out of the window and yelling, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!!!"' Yes, absolutely. Solidarity. Fear is always the same. Different worries with different scripts, but the same baseline fear.”
“But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me.”
“He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.”
“Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.”
“If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.”
“He would wake for no reason in the middle of the night, and the memory of the self-absorbed love was revealed to him for what it was: a pitfall of happiness that he despised and desired at the same time, but from which it was impossible to escape.”
“Any person with any imagination is bound to be afraid.”
“Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don't want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can't really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot.”
“I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable.”
“I think the silence would be good with me, and not interacting with people would be okay. But not being able to move outside of the space would be hard. Not being able to walk around - the stillness of my body, physically - that would be the challenge.”
“The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.”
“Is your fear of failure greater than your desire to succeed?”
“I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom.”
“You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.”