Pete Doherty Quotes

I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.

I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.

Fear is a good thing. Fear is going to lead you to take action.

The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

It's dangerous to assert oneself.

I've been out of my comfort zone a lot, and it makes me more vulnerable, but I have to draw the line somewhere, and don't think I would go skydiving!

Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scared and Jewish. So anytime that it gets to a point where there is gonna be a fight, I immediately apologize.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

I expected to be shot at any moment and if they had done I would have understood, that they couldn't take risks with someone foolhardy or so unpredictable.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals.

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

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

No I don't miss fighting, I still got my wits about me and there are a lot of people who do it and get beat up, and I don't want to be one of them, I have children to raise.