Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking.… — George Henry Borrow Copy Share Image
Words are substance strange. Speak one and the air ripples into another's ears. Write one and the eye laps it up. But… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I want you to take a red-hot bath as hot as you can bear it, and just relax your nerves. You can… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Sure, I’m dramatic and sloppily semi-cynical and semi-sentimental. But, in leisure years I could grow and choose my way. Now I am… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us. — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves. — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man.… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a… — Charles James Copy Share Image
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
My heart beats so hard it hurts, and I can't scream and I can't breathe, but I also feel everything, every vein… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people,… — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
I culled poetry from odors, sounds, faces, and ordinary events occurring around me. Breezes bulged me as if I were cloth; sounds… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves. — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Nerves are natural, it means you're ready to face a challenge and perform. — Dan Carter Copy Share Image
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
