“I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.”

“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

“I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”

Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach

“The major thing I'm afraid of is being 65 and saying, 'Gee, I wish I had done this and that, and that.' I want to face old age knowing I've tried all I wanted to try.”

Harry Chapin (1942–1981) American musician

“Dad," I said hesitantly, "I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

“It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I am not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I wish I wasn't.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“Answer all the questions that I'm too afraid to ask”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer

“Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed.”

Ned Vizzini (1981–2013) American writer

“… if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that I'm supposed not to believe in, and I've never seen an explanation.”

Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist