Sinbad - What holds you back in comedy is fear.

What holds you back in comedy is fear.

Biography

Author Profession: Comedian

Nationality: American

Born: November 18, 1956

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Related Authors

Steven Wright, Groucho Marx, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams, W. C. Fields, John Mulaney

Topics

Back, Comedy, Fear, Holds, You

Quotes to Explore

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Smile Love Death Strength

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

H. P. Lovecraft

Fear Emotion Unknown Mankind

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

You Fear Yourself Enemy Know

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Man Fear Mind Things

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You Fear Always Afraid

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Fear Long Bold Run

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.

Good Time You Fear

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

You Fear See Afraid

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Death Fear Who Lived

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Life Light Fear Men

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Me Fear Grief Like Felt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fear Only The Only Thing Thing

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

John F. Kennedy

Truth Fear People Judge

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

God Justice Fear Sleep Country

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