The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
“What man I dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger; Take any… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I did Shakespeare in college, and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' I… — Kristoffer Polaha Copy Share Image
No one knows you best but you. So don't let anyone get into your nerves. Don't waste your time or your life… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I'm not a big drinker. I don't really drink at all. But my dad and his pals will want to have a… — Charlie Flynn Copy Share Image
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
Ruy-Sanchez's works of fiction are always amazing: adventure, poetry and intelligence in a new geometry of words... His writing has nerve and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“ whatever ," Winslow snorted. "The first team that got judged, from the Italian place on East Thrity-Sixth? They came back in… — Louisa Edwards Copy Share Image
Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering… — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
“Winslow bounced over on the balls of his feet, clearly not experiencing any sort of crash. 'Aren't your guys nervous? I'm nervous… — Louisa Edwards Copy Share Image
Oh Christ, the exhaustion of not knowing anything. It's so tiring and hard on the nerves. It really takes it out of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I try not to set myself up as different or as a celebrity or special. I have a husband that can get… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Don't think of yourself as an intestinal tract and tangle of nerves in the skull, that will not work unless you drink… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at… — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
In the case of the stomach, however, the nerves of the glandular cells were always severed when constructing an artificially isolated pouch… — Ivan Pavlov Copy Share Image
The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I never thought people would buy the soundtrack [to Twilight]. So, it's a little more nerve-wracking now. I don't know. — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' — Kristoffer Polaha Copy Share Image
For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands… — Terence Blacker Copy Share Image
Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness… — Tom Lehman Copy Share Image
A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
I have this system. I torture my husband and everyone around me with my nerves and anxiety. Then, when I get on… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
For mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I wasn't born with nerves. You have to take yourself out of the equation and think about everyone else - you're the… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I love the experience of getting to direct because I can have all of the fun of helping shape the show, but… — Tom Lenk Copy Share Image
The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Would you consider what I call the “inner eye” which opens for some of us, though not always when we want it… — Penelope Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the 'architect' America just… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are… — George Santayana Copy Share Image