A friend shared this photo on Facebook today and it made me think of other quotes about what fear is. So I dug through a few dozen pages of quotes on IMDb and came up with this list...
Fear is ___________.
(using quotes from IMDb)
"Fear is for the winter, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides for years, and children are born and live and die all in darkness." - Game of Thrones (2011)
"Fear is the enemy of will. Will is what makes you take action; fear is what stops you, and makes you weak..." - Green Lantern (2011)
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Star Wars - Episode I (1999)
"Fear is the true enemy. The only enemy." - Star Trek: TNG (1987) - episode "The Last Outpost"
"...fear is powerful, because it has been there for billions of years. And it is good. And you use it. And you ride it; you ride it like a skeleton horse through the gates of hell, and then you win, Ricky." - Talladega Nights (2006)
"Fear is a sickness. It will crawl into the soul of anyone who engages it." - Apocalypto (2006)
"...fear is the most amazing emotion of all because it creates complete awareness. It brings you to now, and it makes you truly present. " - Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
"Fear is the only poison." - Doctor Who - episode "Snakedance" (1983)
"Fear is not an option." - True Lies (1994)
"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration." - Dune (1984)
"Fear is for prey." - Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
"...fear is fear, it has to be overcome." - The Facts of Life - Episode "Fear Strikes Back" (1981)
"...fear is justification, fear is control, fear is money." - The Veteran (2011)
"Fear is for the enemy. Fear and bullets. Lots of fucking bullets." - Death Sentence (2007)
"...fear is a great place to begin art." - Speak (2004)
"Fear is what protects you from the things you don't believe in." - Alone in the Dark (2005)
"Fear is what causes that lack of steam. It's hard to get excited about old Miriam when you keep picturing yourself hanging upside down while some Arab's picking your teeth." - The Rockford Files - episode "Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow" (1978)
"Fear is the main motivation for everything. That and guilt are the two emotions that keep a society humming." - The Story of Us (1999)
"Fear is always guilt in disguise." - The Prisoner - episode "Anvil" (2009)
"Fear is what you pay for adventure." - When Night Is Falling (1995)
"Fear is the only darkness." - Kung Fu - episode "Pilot" (1972)
"Fear is just a feeling. You feel hot. You feel hungry. You feel angry. You feel afraid. Fear can never kill you." - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
"Fear is our greatest enemy, and hope is our greatest weapon against the disease." - Restoration (1995)
"Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses." - The New Batman Adventures - episode "Never Fear" (1997)
"Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life." - Defending Your Life (1991)
"Fear is the dark room where the devil develops his negatives." - I'm With Busey (2003)
"Fear is such a wonderful weapon. It makes people distrust even their friends. And soon, like little lambs, it makes them run to anyone who promises protection." - Voltron: Defender of the Universe - episode "Raid of the Red Berets" (1984)
"Fear is not what's important; it's how you deal with it. It would be like asking a marathon runner if they feel pain. It's not a matter of whether you feel it; it's how you manage it." - War Photographer (2001)
"Fear is the companion of those who do great deeds." - Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998)
"Fear is my brother, destruction my sister, and pestilence my third cousin twice removed." - Catscratch (1995)
"Fear is not the way to accomplish peace, Dr. Fright." - The All-New Super Friends Hour - episode "Doctor Fright/Drag Race/Day of the Plant Creatures/Fire" (1977)
"Fear is a cruel padlock." - Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
"...fear is a tyrant over the body as well as the mind. People can acquire the evil results of every disease just through fear alone." - The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
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