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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines… There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I’d been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.