Top 379 Intimidating Quotes & Sayings

The future kind of gets less intimidating when you're the one shaping it.

It's always intimidating to meet an icon.

What's interesting is a man with no facial hair is less intimidating than a man with facial hair, and a man who is bald is more intimidating than a man with hair.

It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!

Men are always like, 'You're so intimidating.' I don't find myself to be. But whatever - I'm not going to try to be less intimidating. It's just a matter of finding a guy who's able to deal with it.

I find myself to be the least intimidating person ever.

Abby: "You were great. I don't know what I'd have done without you." Dylan: "You'd have done fine. That's one of the most intimidating things about you." Abby: "Intimidating? Me?" Dylan: "It isn't easy for a man to get involved with a woman who's totally capable of handling anything that comes along... It isn't easy for a man to believe that there are woman who can not only do those things but enjoy them... [But] it's all natural for you isn't it? It's incredible.

People tell me I'm intimidating and I've got to come to terms with it.

For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

A strong, powerful, successful woman is always intimidating.

My dad, in the best way possible - not in an intimidating way, but with the physically intimidating qualities that every father has - can truly be scary. The only time you saw that side of him, the raw side of him, would be in a moment when you truly were the one that screwed up.

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

It never occurs to me that I'd be intimidating to anybody. Maybe I should consider that.

I think any director is intimidating.

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

I went on an audition. I walked in the room, and it was Leslie Mann with Judd Apatow. It was intimidating.

Supermodels can be intimidating.

There's nothing more intimidating than crawling into a ring.

Suppose you had a cross burning in a play or a movie... Would that be intimidating?

You put these politicians in office, but then you've got to tell them what you want them to do. And it's intimidating to most people. I was intimidated by it. I mean, calling my senator or writing my senator? I'm like, what do I say? What do I do? But we're showing people that the political process is actually less intimidating than we think.

I think sometimes when you speak about something like 'Indian classical music' and 'ragas,' and all of that's new to people, it can be quite intimidating, in the same way that I have sometimes found opera and Wagner intimidating - one doesn't know where to begin sometimes.

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... Im a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

Heres the thing: If youre taking roles that arent intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of actors say, but if its not intimidating you, then why are you doing it?

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.

Asking for money can be especially intimidating.

I'm horrified at the idea of intimidating someone. I think that's the opposite of what we should be doing.

It never occurred to me that I'm intimidating.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

When a show's already established, and a director comes to set, it can be quite the intimidating experience.

Weight Watchers is not intimidating. It's not a diet. It's a lifestyle.

My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.

I wanted to normalize the whole fitness world - it can be really intimidating stepping into it.

It's intimidating to come out and hear the 'Skol' chant.

I do not walk around imaging myself to be intimidating or smart.

Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing. It's really quite easy

Beauty is much more intimidating than brutality.

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

I do my own way of witnessing. Not by verbally intimidating people but just by my actions.

As it turned out, my perception was so much more intimidating than the reality.

People say that I'm very intimidating when they see me. I think confidence can be intimidating. I kind of think it's good, because it keeps away a lot of boys.

Some venues are more intimidating than others, but as professional players you enjoy the intimidating places more than the other kind.

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

Directing can be very lonely and quite intimidating.

It was kind of intimidating to make a feature without that much experience.

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

Broadway is intimidating. Don't think it's not.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

A very tall man once asked a question after my talk. Before beginning his question, he explained that the reason he was standing up is not to be intimidating but rather to make eye contact. His question was essentially "are we really interested in moral motives? Isn't it all about action?". I pointed out to him that it was not enough for him to do the right thing - stand up - but he also wanted me to know that he is doing it from the right motive or for the right reason - to make eye contact, rather than to be intimidating. Voila, moral psychology.

Directing was liberating and intimidating. It's something I've always wanted to do.

Being a young woman in Hollywood is intimidating.

I think I'll be around as long as there is a market for simple, basic, non-intimidating food.

Here's the thing: If you're taking roles that aren't intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of actors say, but if it's not intimidating you, then why are you doing it?

I'm an intimidating figure.

It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.

High expectations are really intimidating.

People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.