Panic Quotes - page 2

When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion. (Arthur Miller)
Of course one worries about getting older - we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor? View quote
Cate Blanchett
A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent. View quote
John Kotter
As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness. View quote
Maurice Gibb
Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili, even when the recipe calls for it. FDA employees are first-class agonizers, world champions at losing sleep. When Meryl Streep got hysterical about Alar, they actually checked the apples instead of Meryl's head. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero. View quote
Peter Lynch
Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!! View quote
Rick Riordan
The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable. View quote
Robert Ludlum
Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be? View quote
Sophie Kinsella
People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well. View quote
Suze Orman
People only get married when they've no other option, out of panic or desperation or so as not to lose someone they couldn't bear to lose. It's always the most conventional things that contain the largest measure of madness. (Javier Marías)
I want my fluff-fluff! (Bob) Fluff-fluff... (Zarek looked panicked.) (Zarek) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe. View quote
Jon Ronson
It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave. View quote
Candace Bushnell
I wanted my life to start - but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me. View quote
Curtis Sittenfeld
[But if things continue the way they are] ...the society that I envision, if my dream is not just a false notion, this society will have to begin to create itself in the midst of fuss, noisiness and panic, and will have to face the prospects of both internal and external war. View quote
Ahad Ha'am
The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death. View quote
Patty Duke
I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic. View quote
Arthur Smith
I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. View quote
Bill Pullman
Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse. View quote
Elizabeth Kenny
The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself. (Emanuel Celler)
So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better. View quote
Hunter Tylo
In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home. View quote
Leslie Banks
I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline. View quote
Lucy Hawking
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen? View quote
Lukas Foss