WIST Quotations

Ali, Muhammad -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:32:33 +0000

If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American boxer, activist [b. Cassius Clay]
(Attributed)

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- If You Ask Me (1946)

Dave — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:47:23 +0000

My greatest fear has always been that I would be afraid — afraid physically or mentally or morally and allow myself to be influenced by fear instead of by my honest convictions.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
If You Ask Me (1946)

Butcher, Jim -- Changes (2010)

Dave — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:26:35 +0000

“Ack!” I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that’s me.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Changes (2010)

Butcher, Jim -- Storm Front (2000)

Dave — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:58:10 +0000

Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Storm Front (2000)

Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of -- “Fear,” Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)

Dave — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:07:06 +0000

A Degree of Fear sharpeneth, the Excess of it stupifieth.

George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695) English politician and essayist
“Fear,” Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
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