“Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.” ToolsComplicatedDullFrighteningTerrificExplainingExplaining Things Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I think it's very important to keep being frightened - if you're not frightening yourself, you should take a break. You need to keep experimenting. You also need to take time - that's how you do good stuff - layering and depth of knowledge.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldImportantStuffBreakDepthFrightenedFrighteningTake Time Author:Rebecca Miller
“However, unlike some of my friends and students, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think it is frightening to see what outrageous stories can be told in the United States and then are accepted by many educated people and academics as facts. Movies get awards, books become best sellers, heroes are made, and people become wealthy as a result of dishonest caricatures of Iranian people and society.” PeopleThinkingMadeBookMatterStatesFactsStoriesUnitedResultsUnited StatesLaughingStudentsHeroMy FriendsAcceptedEducatedWealthyAwardsFrighteningOutrageousIranianCaricaturesSellersBest Sellers Author:Mohammad Marandi
“But the frightening aspect is that it's part of a larger effort from the Pentagon to tear down the wall between public affairs and propaganda, and essentially say there is no difference between information operations, public affairs and psychological operations. It's all one and the same. They have a new name for that too, it's called Information Engagement.” NamesDifferencesEffortInformationTearsWallAspectAffairPsychologicalPropagandaOperationsEngagementFrighteningPentagonPublic Affairs Author:Michael Hastings
“And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.” PeopleKnowsCountryBigsYoungSeeingDangerGayHappeningsScaryEducatedBritainFrighteningCatchingHivGay People Author:Elton John
“Obviously loss of family is huge and critical, but I think really it's more about losing a sense of family. The horror of that kind of incompleteness. Writing this book, I tried not to think about my father, which does no one any good fictionally. I did try to imagine not just the horror of that moment, but the horror of having witnessed it, and the lifelong void. And I think that's what's so frightening.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindDoeBookMomentsFatherLossImagineHugeHorrorLosingCriticalThat MomentVoidFrighteningLifelongIncompleteness Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little frightening to me right now is the fact that it feels so entirely opposed to the privacy that is writing.” ThinkingFeelsWritingLittlesFactsFeltNovelRight NowPrivacyFrighteningPublishingExposing Author:Garth Greenwell
“When you have a liberal class that no longer functions, when those people who traditionally defend and care about a civil society no longer do so, then you cede power to very frightening, deformed figures, all of which we are watching leap up around the fringes of our political establishment - this lunatic fringe, which has largely taken over the Republican Party.” PeopleCarePoliticalPartyClassTakenFiguresRepublicanFunctionLeapEstablishmentFrighteningRepublican PartyFringeLunaticCivil Society Author:Chris Hedges
“I'm worried about people who say Bush is lying. It's much more frightening that he's not lying, that he believes what he believes: that it's his mission to change the Middle East into a democracy. That's more unnerving.” PeopleBelieveLyingDemocracyMiddleMissionsEastWorriedMiddle EastFrightening Author:Seymour Hersh
“If Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological reasons, and therefore he's not going to get out. So it isn't ultimately about oil or about Israel, it's about a belief.” IfsReasonBeliefLossGoneCuttingIraqIsraelOilCynicalFrighteningIdeological Author:Seymour Hersh
“I don't know whether God talks to him or whether he's trying to undo what his father did. But he believes in the mission. The body bags aren't going to deter him. Public dissent isn't going to deter him. He's going to go ahead. And that's more frightening.” KnowsTryingBelieveBodyFatherMissionsBagsFrighteningDissent Author:Seymour Hersh
“The only thing we all agree on, virtually every poet in this country, is that this Administration is really frightening, and we want something done about it.” WantCountryDonePoetAgreeAdministrationFrighteningWant Something Author:Sam Hamill
“Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.” StatesEnvironmentNewsUglyFrightening Author:Paolo Bacigalupi
“It's absurd that we're so quick to criticize Muslims for being fundamentalist when Christians can be just as extreme and fanatical and frightening.” ChristianExtremesAbsurdCriticizeFrighteningFundamentalist Author:David O. Russell
“These two guys [Donald Trump and Chris Christie] kinds find each other. They love each other. They were playing let`s spend the night together when I turned the TV in the hotel today. I was like oh, my goodness.But it`s like the worst buddy movie. They degrade women. They steal candy from orphans. They mock the disabled. They pick on teachers. It`s frightening to watch.” KindTwoTodayTogetherNightGuyWatchesTeacherWorstTvsTrumpGoodnessPicksStealingHotelFrighteningCandyBuddyDisabledLove Each OtherOrphanMockDegradeChristieTwo Guys Author:Joan Walsh Anglund
“The genres change but all of my stories feature ordinary people thrown into frightening, life-altering situations.” PeopleStoriesSituationOrdinaryGenreFeaturesThrownFrighteningOrdinary PeopleLife Altering Author:Brian Pinkerton
“The plus-size revolution that has been happening lately is incredible but it's also creating this "other" beauty standard in which you have to be an hourglass, you have to be super sexy and fierce about showing off your curves. That's quite frightening to me, and I don't fit in it, I don't want to fit it.” WantHas BeensRevolutionFitCreatingStandardsHappeningsIncrediblesSizeSexyPlusFierceFrighteningCurvesShowing OffHourglassPlus SizeSuper Sexy Author:Beth Ditto
“I think Psycho Sam is closer to the real me in some ways which is frightening to admit, but I guess... I mean, I'm definitely into the paranormal.” ThinkingWayMeanRealParanormalFrighteningPsychoReal Me Author:Rhys Darby
“Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening and you can feel that you're taking a lot of risks just with your own life, and your family's security. But the rewards outweigh those things.” FeelsArtistRiskSecurityRewardsSecureThings To DoFrighteningBeing An Artist Author:Joan Osborne
“I'm going to go with Chihuahua, just because I can't think of anything more frightening than a giant Chihuahua.” ThinkingI CanGiantsFrighteningBecause I CanChihuahua Author:Ira Glass
“The cavalier casual way that Donald Trump talks about nuclear weapons is not only frightening but it goes counter to more than 70 years of bipartisan, presidential leadership of Republicans and Democrats who believed that we have to prevent other countries from getting nuclear weapons and we have to do what we can to decrease the number of nuclear weapons in the world.” WorldWayYearsCountryNumbersTrumpRepublicanWeaponsDemocratNuclearPresidentialNuclear WeaponsFrighteningOther CountriesCasualDecreaseBipartisanPresidential Leadership Author:Hillary Clinton
“Though Autism can be frightening and terribly demanding, it also comes with its vast share of superpowers that are unknown to the typical human.” HumansShareFrighteningAutismTypicalSuperpower Author:Andrea Suarez Paz
“What's going on with [Donald] Trump, you can't even get at, you know, and what he said was that even to clarify 15 out of these 500 deals, these are just like the most frightening Mafiosos around the world.” KnowsWorldSaidDealsTrumpAround The WorldFrightening Author:Jill Stein
“The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.” MenLooksStoriesFoundSituationMen And WomenLook UpFrighteningFaith And God Author:Max Lucado
“Whatever is going on wrong in America today, you cannot pin it on Donald Trump. He's not been there. He has not one fingerprint. He hasn't done one thing regarding anything policy-wise that's happening in the country today, and I think this is why his candidacy is so shocking and frightening to both establishment and Republican Democrats.” ThinkingCountryDoneTodayAmericaWiseOne ThingPolicyTrumpRepublicanHappeningsDemocratEstablishmentFrighteningShockingPinsFingerprintsAmerica TodayCandidacy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm not great at fear. I made the least frightening vampire show ever on TV. I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh, and that's pretty much it.” PeopleMadeShowsLaughingTvsVampireNarrativeHeroicFrighteningMaking People Laugh Author:Joss Whedon
“Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness.” GovernmentLawHateSpeechCreatingSpheresFrighteningEagernessHate SpeechEnglish SpeakingTorque Author:Jim Goad
“To be honest, I didn't think I would be here for this album [Give the People What They Want]. I thought I was going to die. When the doctor came in by himself and told me I had cancer, it was frightening. He told me he got it and there would be six months of chemo. I really thought people would be promoting my record without me here to enjoy it. But I'm here.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingWould BeDiesEnjoyRecordsHonestMonthsSixDoctorsCancerAlbumsBeing HonestFrighteningSix MonthsPromoting Author:Sharon Jones
“I suppose, mother-in-laws are frightening figures. Especially, more so for mother-in-laws to be.” LawMotherFiguresFrighteningIn-lawsMother In Law Author:Sonia Gandhi
“We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.” NeedsForgetWho You AreFrighteningDeliciousPredicaments Author:Leonard Cohen
“I think it's despicable. I also think it's frightening that we seem to live through history over and over again. And I don't know if I'm the only one. I feel like, when you read through history books, you always judge those people in that time.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsBookSeemsJudgingFrighteningDespicableHistory Books Author:Trevor Noah
“I think all of us should seek help, and not help is in a - you know, help shouldn't be seen as a frightening thing. Help shouldn't be seen as a weak thing.” ThinkingKnowsShouldHelpingWeakFrightening Author:Trevor Noah
“By the way, sitting with other mommies is probably the most frightening experience in the entire world. They're serious into mommy-shaming.” WorldWaySeriousSittingFrightening Author:Denzel Washington
“Actually, my first article, it wasn't about the anarchists; it was about the fall of Barcelona and the spread of fascism over Europe, which was frightening. But a couple of years later I became interested in the anarchist movement.” YearsFirstsFallMovementCoupleEuropeSpreadArticlesFascismFrighteningAnarchistBarcelona Author:Noam Chomsky
“People run on and off the stage, but usually they're removed before they get to me. It's not really frightening. There's always the possibility that someone's going to take a potshot at you; you take that risk when you perform in front of thousands of people.” PeopleRunningRiskStageFrontsPossibilityFrighteningAnd Off Author:George Michael
“Until you can love what is - everything, including the apparent violence and craziness - you're separate from the world, and you'll see it as dangerous and frightening.” WorldViolenceDangerousIncludingFrighteningCraziness Author:Byron Katie
“It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help."” HelpingGovernmentUsedLanguageFrighteningFederal GovernmentEnglish Language Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Politicians have made up their own version of Islam to avoid having to deal with the reality of Islam because it's just too daunting, frightening, scary, whatever, and they don't want to deal with it.” WantMadeRealityDealsPoliticianIslamScaryVersionsFrightening Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God. Do they hate me?"” PeopleFirstsHateComedyOpeningFrighteningHate MeThey Hate Me Author:Colin Jost
“Parents are already telling their kids about falling in love online - there's nothing "frightening" or "dystopian" about this. So, the critique doesn't work, because we already consider our dystopic state of affairs normal.” StatesKidsFallParentNormalFalling In LoveAffairOnlineFrighteningDystopianCritique Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I have a range of scenarios. One of them is a chaos, that what could happen is Congress does step up a little bit and the administration is paralyzed. And we go through all kinds of constitutional crises, impeachment or the 25th Amendment removal process. Another frightening scenario is Donald Trump is steering his way to a series of international confrontations at the same time as he's appeasing Russia.” WayKindLittlesDoeHappensBitsProcessStepsTrumpLittle BitCrisisSeriesChaosInternationalCongressRussiaAll KindsAdministrationRangeAmendmentsFrighteningScenariosConfrontationStep UpRemovalParalyzedSteeringImpeachment Author:David Frum
“I consider Les Nourritures Terrestres as a frightening book: "Look for God in no other place than everywhere." Go and tell that to a workman, an engineer!” LooksBookEngineersFrighteningWorkmen Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“When the president of Iran Ahmadinejad says that our debt makes America not a great country, that's a frightening thing.” CountryAmericaPresidentDebtIranFrighteningGreat CountryPresident Of Iran Author:Mitt Romney
“In this frightening, anxious time to be alive it can be liberating to remember that nothing lasts forever. That can focus and invigorate our hopes.” LastsRememberForeverFocusAliveAnxiousFrighteningLiberatingNothing Lasts Forever Author:John K. Samson
“If you read people like say Bruce Blair one of the leading, most sober, knowledgeable specialists, he says, look, [Donald Trump] statements are all over the map, but his personality is frightening, he's a complete megalomaniac.” PeopleIfsLooksPersonalityTrumpStatementsMapsFrighteningSoberSpecialistsKnowledgeableBlairMegalomaniacs Author:Noam Chomsky
“Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test is ill-advised, they shouldn't have done it. But it's not in violation of international law or international agreements. They shouldn't have done it. His reaction suggested maybe we're going to go to war in retaliation.” WarDoneLawSecurityTestsInternationalIllReactionsAgreementFrighteningNational SecurityViolationMissilesIranianAdviserInternational LawRetaliation Author:Noam Chomsky
“When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.” WaySeemsNegativeHopefulFrighteningHopeful Future Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Being on my own was liberation, it was liberty, it was freedom, it was responsibility! It was the greatest thing in the world, getting old enough to be on my own. And today we have to deal with the fact that being on your own is so frightening and so scary and makes you feel so vulnerable. I wouldn't be where I am today if I had that attitude, if I had been afraid to be on my own.” IfsWorldFeelsEnoughFactsTodayMy OwnDealsAttitudeResponsibilityLibertyScaryVulnerableLiberationFrighteningGetting Old Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I could not kick heroin to save my life, literally, until I started telling my secrets. It was some of the clearest evidence I've ever found of anything. It was the only immediate change in behavior I've ever undergone. I told the most frightening truths, and I was free.” FoundSecretBehaviorEvidenceKicksFrighteningHeroin Author:Melissa Febos