Quotes in fear

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.


One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.


I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.


Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

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Terrorism isn’t just performing a terrifying act. It’s provoking society’s immune system into attacking itself, making its defence systems attack the values and people they are supposed to be defending. Terrorism is an autoimmune disorder of democracy. You don’t fight terrorism by attacking the virus; you fight it by strengthening the immune system.

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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.


A numerical goal leads to distortion and faking, especially when the system is not capable of meeting the goal. Anybody will meet the quota (goal) allotted to him. He is not responsible for the losses so generated.


Where there is fear you do not get honest figures.


Fear invites wrong figures. Bearers of bad news fare badly. To keep his job, anyone may present to his boss only good news.