“You can't be so frightened of what might happen that you are unwilling to act.”

“It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.”

Amos Tversky (1937–1996) Israeli psychologist

“You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.”

Jodi Picoult Plain Truth

“And what will happen in the morning when the world it gets
So crowded that you can't look out the window in the morning?”

Nick Drake (1948–1974) British singer-songwriter

“You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.”

Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model

“If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to make yourself feel better about it. That is the act of a coward. It is beneath contempt.”

Jim Butcher Dead Beat

“You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.”

Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones

“We can't always do what we think we have to do. So when there's nothing else you can do, you wait… No matter what… pressure… you might feel.”

Jeff Lindsay book Dearly Devoted Dexter

“It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.”

Sophie Kinsella book Twenties Girl

“You can't hate someone until you know what it might be like to love them.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author