E. W. Howe Quotes

Fear does not have to be real to be powerful.

Fear, to me, is a guiding thing more than anything.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.

There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear.

Fear has many faces.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier. Put them at a table together—what do you get? The sum of their fears.

We're only human, and fear can eat away at you the closer you get to a big fight.

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Great fear is concealed under daring.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

I shudder when relating it.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

Fear controls you.

The strongest passion is fear.

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

Fear creates fear.

Fear is a spirit that produces a feeling.

Fear is fear of fear, I think.

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny. It's not for the movies.

There's, like, a dark needle or a nail that lives at the back of all of our heads, and that's your fear.

People are scared of the unknown.