A Quote by Alain de Botton

We should not be frightened by appearances.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
English - Writer
Born: December 20, 1969

I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds.

Iain Banks

My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

King George V

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

George V

There is no crime greater, or more worthy of punishment, than being strange and frightened among the strange and frightened; except assimilation to the end of becoming strange and frightened, but apart from ones own real self.

Israel Horovitz

I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used to be frightened only one night a week but now I'm frightened of every performance. I mean really frightened.

Glenda Jackson

Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

I'm absolutely convinced that this is a world of appearances, not reality. There's one reality and that's Light and Love. When some say, we create our own reality, I always demur and say, "Please, would you mind adjusting that a little bit? We create our own appearances." We become master of appearances and as we change our thought, we will see the appearances around us change. That gives us this huge sense of dominion and power and control over our world.

Richard Bach

Of great importance to my outlook on life is the opportunuty I get to meet people on various appearances. I suppose I could devote every weekend to appearances and i do try to make as many as I can.

Lorne Greene

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

Cesar Chavez

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

John Cage

I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.

Nick Bantock

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

Duane Michals

Sometimes I think I'd rather be frightened than bored. At least when you're frightened you know you're alive.

John Marsden

At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.

Peter Ustinov

I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.

Alfred Hitchcock

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.

Barry Lopez

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