“When humans’ nerves detect big and small stimuli at the same time, they ignore the smaller one.” — Fuminori Nakamura Copy Share Image
The meek shall inherit the earth. They won't have the nerve to refuse it. — Jackie Vernon Copy Share Image
“No. Nerves, he thought, were for people who still hadn’t entirely made up their minds.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I'm tired of liberals dividing this country up into little groups, setting them upon each other, breeding spite and envy, and then… — Allen West Copy Share Image
It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Dancing is imperatively needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the… — G. Stanley Hall Copy Share Image
I had a tumor in my left eye which killed the optic nerve, but it's my real eye. I just cannot see… — Sandy Duncan Copy Share Image
Your desire or beliefs will literally be reaching back into time, teaching the nerves new tricks. Definite reorganizations in that past will… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
When you peeled back the skin, you were dealing with bone and muscle, blood and nerve endings. It was all the same.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of nerve to bang your fist and demand tougher juvenile gun laws while doing nothing to enforce the… — Bill McCollum Copy Share Image
I think the nerves aspect is a bit of a joke. How hard can it be to walk up and down in… — Edie Campbell Copy Share Image
As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Chastity ... has, even now, a religious importance in a woman's life, and has so wrapped itself round with nerves and instincts… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I'm a Pilates person. It's great. I had a hip problem. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
San: You all right? Virt: I think i crapped myself a little Sam: Just a little? you've got nerves of steel. — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives thrill the… — Richard Realf Copy Share Image
Those who say there's nothing like a nice cup of tea for calming the nerves never had *real* tea. It's like a… — Cheshire Cat Copy Share Image
No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide… — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time. — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve… — Herb Adderley Copy Share Image
The pharmaceutical industry likes to depict itself as a research-based industry, as the source of innovative drugs. Nothing could be further from… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm so excited that my stomach is in a jiggle-jaggle of nerves. There they go again. Jiggle. Jaggle. I'm a mess. — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
I have the most perfect belly button. When I stick my fingers in it, I feel a nerve in the center of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Let none count themselves wise who have not with the nerves of their imagination felt the pain of the vivisected. — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
You do a play, or you go on set for the first day of filming: if you don't have nerves, and you… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
“If with the millions of nerves in your body and you still don't feel the pain of others, then you probably might… — Eli Coffie Copy Share Image
I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
I live in Sheffield, and most auditions are in London, meaning I'm normally a bag of nerves on the train to London… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
