George MacDonald Quotes

Fear is the foundation of safety.

Only the paranoid survive.

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

We have to live like people in a web of knives, we mustn't reach out our hands or we get them gashed.

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

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

Only the paranoid survive.

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

We cannot let our guard down in the face of terror.

Get used to the bear behind you.

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

Survival...is an infinite capacity for suspicion.

I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.

Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

You back a big cat into a corner and somebody is going to get bloody.

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.

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.

I think to be afraid is very important. It's to save your life, too. And over the years, each of us, and all my colleagues, we developed certain antennas. I can't really say why I don't want to go right or left. It's a feeling, and I trust mostly my feelings.