Fear Quotes
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When did looming tests in school become scarier than the monster under your bed? Click on any fear quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.
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"A guy like you should wear a warning."Source: "Toxic" | Speaker: Britney Spears
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."Source: Animal Farm | Author: George Orwell
"All her hairSource: Porphyria's Lover | Author: Robert Browning
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around"
"All monsters are human."Source: American Horror Story: Asylum | Speaker: Sister Jude Martin
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."Source: Blade Runner | Speaker: Roy Batty
"And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust."Source: "Another One Bites the Dust" | Speaker: Queen
"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."Source: Revelation 6:2-8 | Speaker: John The Revelator
"and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the saddest smile I ever saw"Source: A Smile to Remember | Author: Charles Bukowski
"Back and to the left."Source: JFK | Speaker: Jim Garrison
"Be afraid. Be very afraid."Source: The Fly | Speaker: Veronica Quaife
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."Source: Brave New World | Author: Aldous Huxley
"But rumour has it he's the one I'm leaving you for."Source: "Rumour Has It" | Speaker: Adele
"Come out, come out, wherever you are."Source: Cape Fear | Speaker: Max Cady
"Come with me if you want to live."Source: The Terminator | Speaker: Kyle Reese
"Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid."Source: 2001: A Space Odyssey | Speaker: HAL 9000
"Democracy is so overrated."Source: House of Cards | Speaker: Frank Underwood
"Do you like scary movies?"Source: Scream | Speaker: Ghostface
"Does your dog bite?"Source: The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Speaker: Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
"Don't mess with the bull, young man."Source: The Breakfast Club | Speaker: Mr. Vernon
"Errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."Source: A Treatise of Human Nature | Author: David Hume
"Everyone keeps saying that. It must be a conspiracy."Source: Jessica Jones | Speaker: Jessica Jones
"First rule of Fight Club is... you do not talk about Fight Club."Source: Fight Club | Speaker: Tyler Durden
"For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing."Source: The Plague | Author: Albert Camus
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."Source: Psalms 46:1-3 | Author: Author of Psalms
"God'll get you for that."Source: Maude | Speaker: Maude Findlay
"have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—"Source: Lady Lazarus | Author: Sylvia Plath
"Have you checked the children?"Source: When a Stranger Calls | Speaker: Curt Duncan
"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"Source: Batman | Speaker: The Joker
"Have you no sense of decency, sir?"Source: McCarthy Hearings | Speaker: Joseph Welch
"He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"He slimed me."Source: Ghostbusters | Speaker: Dr. Peter Venkman
"He who marches out of step hears another drum."Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Author: Ken Kesey
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."Source: The Mourning Bride | Author: William Congreve
"Hello, Clarice."Source: The Silence of the Lambs | Speaker: Hannibal Lecter
"Here's Johnny!"Source: The Shining | Speaker: Jack Torrance
"Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone."Source: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"Hit the road, Jack."Source: "Hit the Road Jack" | Speaker: Ray Charles
"Houston, we have a problem."Source: Apollo 13 | Speaker: Commander Jim Lovell
"Human beings can be awful cruel to one another."Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Author: Mark Twain
"Hurry up and bring your jukebox money!"Source: "Love Shack" | Speaker: The B-52's
"I am the one who knocks."Source: Breaking Bad | Speaker: Walter White
"I am your number one fan."Source: Misery | Speaker: Annie Wilkes
"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."Source: The Silence of the Lambs | Speaker: Dr. Hannibal Lecter
"I don't know what's right and what's real anymore."Source: The Fear | Speaker: Lily Allen
"I drink your milkshake."Source: There Will Be Blood | Speaker: Daniel Plainview
"I heard a Fly buzz — when I died"Source: I heard a Fly buzz — when I died | Author: Emily Dickinson
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."Source: Apocalypse Now | Speaker: Bill Kilgore
"I love you only because it's you the one I love"Source: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You | Author: Pablo Neruda
"I never want to hear you say, I want it that way."Source: "I Want It That Way" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys
"I see dead people."Source: The Sixth Sense | Speaker: Cole Sear
"I set fire to the rain."Source: "Set Fire to the Rain" | Speaker: Adele
"I vant to suck your blood!"Source: Dracula (Movie) | Speaker: Count Dracula
"I want to play a game."Source: Saw | Speaker: Jigsaw
"I was so worried I baked a whole cake. And then I ate a whole cake."Source: Broad City | Speaker: Lincoln Rice
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: The Wicked Witch of the West
"I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown?"Source: Goodfellas | Speaker: Tommy DeVito
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."Source: The Godfather | Speaker: Don Corleone
"I'm not interested in caring about people."Source: Parks and Recreation | Speaker: Ron Swanson
"I'm the Dude, man."Source: The Big Lebowski | Speaker: The Dude
"I'm walkin' here!"Source: Midnight Cowboy | Speaker: Ratso
"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"Source: "Free Bird" | Speaker: Lynyrd Skynyrd
"If they move, kill 'em."Source: The Wild Bunch | Speaker: Pike Bishop
"In space, no one can hear you scream."Source: Alien | Speaker: Tagline
"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."Source: Arsenic and Old Lace | Speaker: Mortimer Brewster
"Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?"Source: A Clockwork Orange | Author: Anthony Burgess
"Is it safe?"Source: Marathon Man | Speaker: Dr. Christian Szell
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."Source: BBC Radio Broadcast | Speaker: Winston Churchill
"It is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved."Source: The Prince | Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
"It was a dark and stormy night."Source: Paul Clifford | Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"It wasn't a rock. It was a rock lobster."Source: "Rock Lobster" | Speaker: The B-52's
"It's the end of the world as we know it"Source: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | Speaker: R.E.M.
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal."Source: Home Alone | Speaker: Kevin McCallister
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."Source: The Godfather | Speaker: Peter Clemenza
"Let the sky fall. When it crumbles, we will stand tall."Source: "Skyfall" | Speaker: Adele
"Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."Source: Animal Farm | Author: George Orwell
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow
"Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."Source: The Godfather | Speaker: Peter Clemenza
"Man serves the interests of no creature except himself."Source: Animal Farm | Author: George Orwell
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."Source: The Princess Bride | Speaker: Inigo Montoya
"No arts; no letters; no society."Source: Leviathan | Author: Thomas Hobbes
"No touching!"Source: Arrested Development | Speaker: Various Prison Guards
"No wire hangers!"Source: Mommie Dearest | Speaker: Joan Crawford
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"Source: Goldfinger | Speaker: Auric Goldfinger
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"Source: Monty Python's Flying Circus | Speaker: Cardinal Ximénez
"Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway."Source: Stalag 17 | Speaker: Oberst Von Scherbach
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."Source: 1965 TV Broadcast | Speaker: J. Robert Oppenheimer
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you..."Source: A Nightmare on Elm Street | Speaker: Creepy children
"Our deepest fear is not that we are weak. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."Source: 1994 Inaugural Address | Speaker: Nelson Mandela
"Private eyes. They're watching you. They see your every move."Source: "Private Eyes" | Speaker: Hall and Oates
"Resistance is futile."Source: Star Trek: The Next Generation | Speaker: The Borg
"Say hello to my little friend."Source: Scarface | Speaker: Tony Montana
"Shall we play a game?"Source: WarGames | Speaker: WOPR/Joshua
"Shane! Shane! Come back!"Source: Shane | Speaker: Little Joey
"Snakes...why'd it have to be snakes?"Source: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Speaker: Indiana Jones
"Sometimes being stuck inside my own head is so exhausting it makes me want to cry."Source: Girls | Speaker: Marnie Michaels
"Sometimes I can feel my bones straining"Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
"The best thing about human beings is that they stack so neatly."Source: House of Cards | Speaker: Frank Underwood
"The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting."Source: The Red Badge of Courage | Author: Stephen Crane
"The dingo took my baby!"Source: A Cry in the Dark | Speaker: Lindy
"The life of man [is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."Source: Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil | Author: Thomas Hobbes
"The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness"Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."Source: Paradise Lost | Author: John Milton
"The neighbors' dog will not stop barking."Source: Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House | Author: Billy Collins
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."Source: FDR's Inauguration Speech | Speaker: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"The only winning move is not to play."Source: WarGames | Speaker: Joshua
"The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him…"Source: Eichmann in Jerusalem | Author: Hannah Arendt
"The world needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door."Source: True Detective | Speaker: Rust Cohle
"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God."Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God | Author: Zora Neale Hurston
"They're like humans, but miniature. Teacup humans."Source: True Blood | Speaker: Eric Northman
"This is no dream! This is really happening!"Source: Rosemary's Baby | Speaker: Rosemary Woodhouse
"This is the city."Source: Dragnet | Speaker: Sergeant Joe Friday
"This thing called love, I just can't handle it."Source: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Speaker: Queen
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."Source: The Pride of the Yankees | Speaker: Lou Gehrig
"Very superstitious, writing's on the wall. Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall."Source: Superstition | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies."Source: The Thing from Another World | Speaker: Ned "Scotty" Scott
"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink."Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"we are all trapped by a singular fate"Source: Alone with Everybody | Author: Charles Bukowski
"We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"We're going to need a bigger boat."Source: Jaws | Speaker: Brody
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"What I do have is a particular set of skills."Source: Taken | Speaker: Bryan Mills
"Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there…"Source: "Drive" | Speaker: Incubus
"When we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full."Source: Exodus 16:3 | Author: Moses
"When you control the mail...you control information."Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Newman
"Who can it be now?"Source: "Who Can It Be Now?" | Speaker: Men at Work
"Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?"Source: "What's Love Got to Do With It?" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?"Source: Hell's Angels | Speaker: Helen
"You are about to enter another dimension."Source: The Twilight Zone | Speaker: Rod Serling
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."Source: 1946 Letter | Author: Albert Einstein
"You come at the king, you best not miss."Source: The Wire | Speaker: Omar Little
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life | Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
"You rang?"Source: The Addams Family | Speaker: Lurch
"You very bad man, Jerry."Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Babu
"You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."Source: The Incredible Hulk | Speaker: Dr. David Banner
"You'll shoot your eye out."Source: A Christmas Story | Speaker: Ralphie's mom
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."Source: Jaws | Speaker: Brody
"You're good. You're very good."Source: The Maltese Falcon | Speaker: Sam Spade
"You're so money and you don't even know it."Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker
"Zoinks!"Source: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | Speaker: Shaggy