Max Brooks Quotes

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

Fear controls you.

Fear does not have to be real to be powerful.

People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him.

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

Fear works. It is more effective than any drug, tactic, or torture device.

Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.

Fear is the greatest salesman.

I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

Let them hate as long as they fear.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

Fear is a real thing.

The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have.

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

Whenever you are afraid of something you are worshipping it. Whatever you fear, you bow down to and give it power.

I hear them mumblin, I hear the cacklin I got em scared, shook, panickin

There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.

The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.

I can frighten or buy ninety-nine out of every one hundred men.

You can make people do anything if they're afraid.

I would rather you love me, but if not love, fear will do.

The major ingredient of any recipe for fear is the unknown.