Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature… — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
I definitely don't have a problem doing sex scenes, but I tend to like to do things that initially make me feel… — Riley Keough Copy Share Image
There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if… — Darci Lynne Farmer Copy Share Image
You probably don't hit as many fairway-bunker shots as you do the greenside ones, and that unfamiliarity might make you a bit… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
“So take me as I am This may mean You'll have to be a stronger man Rest assured that When I start… — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
“Because of the movies I make, people get nervous, because they think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
My mother was very ill when I was 18. She had a brain operation and then a nervous breakdown. It's very strange… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“I don't like to make mistakes. Which is why I haven't been with a man before now." He as thrown off balance… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Up till now, we can suppose, nervous systems solved the Now what do I do? problem by a relatively simple balancing act… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's funny, though, because when I first started going to races after we met, I was extremely nervous. It's like being backstage… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely scared and I absolutely have reservations, but sometimes you need to find that deep down in you to bring out… — Britt Baker Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people that if I go to a party, I can't remember my mother's name because I'm so nervous… — Carol Kane Copy Share Image
When I meet people for the first time, I'm friendly but shy. I'm much less outwardly nervous than I used to be,… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
A quick glance at the American left reveals a movement in the midst of a nervous breakdown, displaying behavior that goes beyond… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a "nervous system", to coordinate its actions. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I was a little nervous at my first match, but I think I did OK. I went home after the match and… — Kane Copy Share Image
"I can't sleep" answered the nervous one. "Why not?" asked the friend. "I am carrying so much cotton that I can't sleep… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
“But at the exact same time I got nervous about that, I also got this other feeling, which I can only describe… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Every time I compete, I still get nervous. There are the nerves that are because 'oh this is really going to hurt,'… — Rich Froning Jr Copy Share Image
In most multiple composer situations, you find it because someone got nervous about the music and insisted that somebody else come in… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
A lot of my fans are really young and seem slightly unsure and nervous about things. Hopefully for young people watching my… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I get a little upset, yeah, if a year goes by and I don't get a script. Thank God I have other… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“Plus, he makes me way too nervous. I’d probably faint before he got my clothes off.” “I think I’d enjoy him even… — Lisa Eugene Copy Share Image
I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies… — Mackenzie Crook Copy Share Image
I had whooping cough when I was very young, which left me with bronchial problems, and I would always pick up colds.… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows… — Michael Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
I would be a nervous wreck on a date, which sounds crazy because I'm a confident woman but I wouldn't know what… — Maura Higgins Copy Share Image
That's the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I performed at Live Aid in front of a worldwide TV audience of 1.9 billion but I wasn't nervous - the atmosphere… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
“You? Nervous? Man, you've got more balls than any girl I've ever known!' 'You've known some weird girls, then," I say, raising… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
We human beings get nervous if we don't know what's going on. It's the rule for creating scary stories: the unknown is… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
