Quotes & Sayings About Being Controlled By Fear

Power, of course. The primitive fear of being controlled. It does not matter whether it is an invasion from outer space or power wielded from a subterranean command post: some alien force is about to take control on us, to dominate - and, if necessary in the process, to terminate our existence. We never stop to think - or, at best, a secondary consideration is whether such a force might be for the good, that humanity might indeed be improved by such a takeover. Volition, to which we desperately cling, is the very definition of our mature completion as social beings. — Wole Soyinka

Economists use the term "human capital" to refer to the skills and abilities and qualities and resources that each individual possesses. And in the late 1990s and early 2000s, human capital became an increasingly popular way to look at the problem of poverty. No one had all the answers yet, but they had, at least, a new set of questions: What specific resources did middle-class children have that allowed them to succeed at such higher rates than poor children? What skills did poor children need to help them compete? And most important, what kind of interventions in their lives or in their parents' lives could help them acquire those skills? — Paul Tough

When you love, you are not lonely. The sense of loneliness arises only when you are frightened of being alone and of not knowing what to do. When you are controlled by ideas, isolated by beliefs, then fear is inevitable; and when you are afraid, you are completely blind. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan. — Octavia Spencer

The kind of capitalism we are seeing today under this expansion of property into living resources is a whole, new, different phase of capitalism. It is totally inconsistent with democracy as well as with sustainability. What we have is capital working on a global scale, totally uprooted, with accountability nowhere, with responsibility nowhere, and with rights everywhere. This new capital, with absolute freedom and no accountability, is structurally anti-life, anti-freedom. — Vandana Shiva

Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called Xbox 360. — Don Mattrick

Fear in the biblical sense ... includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people. — Edward T. Welch

I will always be safe from the random hurricanes of outcome as long as I never forget where I rightfully live. — Elizabeth Gilbert

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. — Jean De La Bruyere

Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way, you sort of appreciate fear in some respect. — Matt Smith

Never give up ... No one knows what's going to happen next. — L. Frank Baum

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete and especially love soccer. — Genevieve Padalecki

All the higher life forms scythed away, just like that. [ ... ] Nothing but dust and fundamentalists. — Terry Pratchett

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out. — Philip Pullman

She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf. — Barbara Michaels

If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track. — Kevin Harvick

To me, there is no such thing as a trash duck. There are ducks that are a lot better to eat than other ducks. But a duck is just that. — Phil Robertson

No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum