David Mackay Quotes

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Balconies scare me, and I would never do a shoot on one. I am afraid of heights.

I'm fine with being beat-up and pushed around, but I'm really scared of heights and scared of ledges.

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

I don't even like walking up a ladder; I'm petrified of heights.

I am good with heights, but my biggest fear was creepy crawlies.

You know I don't want to fall. I'm a tall woman, and it's a long way down.

I do have a fear of heights.

I like to say I don't have a fear of heights. I have a fear of human error. I'm very concerned about stupidity.

I really hate heights. I always like to live on the first floor.

I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.

I get claustrophobic in a harness. I'd be a terrible superhero.

I'm afraid of heights. Not unreasonably, but rationally afraid of heights. I think everyone is.

It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on earth, before and maybe after a high-wire walk, but not during for me.

I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.

The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.

Heights make my feet tingle; not sure if that is a phobia, but it isn't the greatest feeling.

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

I find that if I'm watching somebody upon television or in a movie that is on a window ledge or in some high precarious position my hand starts sweating and I get that crawling feeling in the soles of my feet.

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.

I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.

I don't like spiders at all, but I love heights.