Anja Niedringhaus Quotes

There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time.

I strongly believe that many of the best decisions are made on gut instinct.

I'm a very instinctive person. If my heart feels I should do something, I go for it.

How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and the future will prove it so'.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

I've never gone through an audition process or anything. In most of my decisions like that, I just kind of feel it out: You know, do I feel comfortable with this person?

Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.

I just had this feeling about you," she said. "Is that foolish?" "I hope not.

Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper.

If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesn’t feel right, pay attention. If the hairs on the back of your neck prickle, if your gut clenches up, if a wave of wrongness washes over you, if your heart starts beating faster, pay, pay, pay attention. Do not second-guess yourself or rationalize anything that impedes your safety. Our instincts are the animal inside of our humanness, warning us of danger.

I've got a gut feeling in my stomach. . .

If a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen.

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses.

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.

I act with my gut instincts.

Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it.

Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.

I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it.

Fear is the foundation of safety.

Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Sometimes you doubt. Sometimes you have to guess. Sometimes... you just know.