Alfred Hitchcock on fear
Alfred Hitchcock98 quotes“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Puns are the highest form of literature.
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It is beneath pale blue skies, amongst sycamore trees, and afoot dirtied leaves, my heart, and soul finds peace.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford A wounded heart never stops bleeding.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski I swear the stars align at night just to see you smile.
C.R. ElliottC.R. Elliott I get so lost in your midnight eyes I forget we’re running out of time.
Ana DeeAna Dee The worst thing is not to share our pain with each other when you can.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Love was created for so many reasons and you will always be one of them.
Karla GaleanaKarla Galeana Tired of being tired burnt out from putting our fires.
Jamil ElhageJamil Elhage In the darkness there are no shadows to fear.
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More on fear
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
James AllenJames Allen Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PlutarchPlutarch Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
PlutarchPlutarch Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler Fear and anxiety are consequences of your imagination running wild. You are suffering a situation that may never happen.
SadhguruSadhguru The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
PlutarchPlutarch I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
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