Quotes about worry
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Natalie Goldberg photo
Natalie Goldberg photo

“What does one do when a madman suggests an appealing course of action? One worries—but probably goes along with it.”

Source: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 13, “Summertide Minus Ten” (p. 151)

Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“By worrying a lot, we become a nation of worries.”

Isabelo Caiban Abarquez (1959) Filipino Roman Catholic priest

Calbayog bishop shares 3 elements of a ‘peaceful life’ https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/calbayog-bishop-shares-3-elements-of-a-peaceful-life/ (May 23, 2018)

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“A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain: You cannot have either until you have both.”

Ramsey Clark (1927) United States Marine

As quoted in Attorney General and Rebel With a Cause, Dies at 93, By Douglas Martin, New York Times, (10 April 2021)

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“I was so thankful to just be alive. Things that bothered me before... nothing, I have become much more peaceful and less worried about anything.”

Caren Marsh Doll (1919) actress, dancer

Survivors’ Tales https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-04-me-62387-story.html (August 4, 1999)

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“It is worrying that 17 years after the Beijing Declaration, women have still not achieved the 50-50 representation with their male counterparts.”

Thokozani Khuphe (1963) Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

Khupe challenges girl child to perform exceptionally well at school https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-13737.html

“One shouldn't worry about taking pictures or making tape recordings. Those are superfluities of sedate lives. One should worry about the spirit, which is always receding.”

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

“A warrior never worries about his fear. Instead, he thinks about the wonders of "seeing" the flow of energy! The rest is frills, unimportant frills.”

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)

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“Rising COVID numbers are worrying. Vaccination must pick up pace to avoid serious outcomes in the next wave.”

Rahul Gandhi (1970) Indian politician

2021
Source: Rahul Gandhi on Twitter, also quoted in https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-rising-covid-19-numbers-worrying-govt-busy-with-sales/articleshow/85649532.cms

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“All the religiosity around worries me—doesn’t it you?”

Source: 2000s and posthumous publications, A Time Odyssey, Sunstorm (2005), Chapter 28, “The Ark” (p. 217)

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“Men can frighten us, other women can frighten us, and sometimes we worry so much about what frightens us that we wait to have an orgasm until we are alone. We pretend to want things we don’t want so nobody can see us not getting what we need.”

Lisa Taddeo (1980) American writer and journalist

Source: On women being told to control their own impulses in “Lisa Taddeo on her bestseller Three Women: 'I thought I was writing a quiet little book'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/06/lisa-taddeo-interview-three-women in The Guardian (2019 Dec 6)

“Don’t let your newfound title worry you. Having lived among goblins and their backstabbing, treacherous ways, you’re far better prepared for politics than most.”

Jim C. Hines (1974) American writer

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 17 (p. 331)

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“I worry that it’s me they’re really after.”

“You don’t exist. At the risk of wounding your ego, not everyone in the known universe is obsessed with you and your secret history.”
Source: Blue Remembered Earth (2012), Chapter 14 (p. 260)

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Swami Sivananda photo

“Do not be agitated by little things. Be cheerful. Smile. Walk boldly. Think and feel that nothing has happened. Don’t worry about little things.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

You Cannot Get Away From Evil
Autobiography of Swami Sivananda (1958)

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“If you are worried about the prospect of war in Europe - we do not want that at all.”

Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister

"Lavrov Says Russia Does Not Want War in Europe" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-11/lavrov-says-russia-does-not-want-war-in-europe, US News/Reuters, 11 May 2022
About the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022

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“You can do the creation and then criticize it, but you can't do them at the same time. So if you're worried about offending people and constantly thinking of that, you are not going to be very creative. So I think it has a disastrous effect.”

John Cleese (1939) actor from England

“John Cleese says wokeness has a 'disastrous' impact on comedy” https://www.foxnews.com/media/john-cleese-wokeness-disastrous-impact-comedy Fox News (July 20, 2022)

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“Often, not worrying is not selfishness, but an act of survival.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Spesso, non preoccuparsi non è egoismo, ma un atto di sopravvivenza.
Source: prevale.net