There was an assumption that aerial bombing of civilians in World War II would cause fragile, working-class people to basically have nervous… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“john stuart mill knew several languages, advanced math and read many great books' before he was ten years old. his father taught… — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
“Hey,” Finn said, glancing over his shoulder. He had the end of a paintbrush clenched between his teeth. “You’re just in time.”… — Kate Brian Copy Share Image
From time to time, life as a leader can look hopeless. To help you, consider a man who lived through this: Failed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One stifling summer afternoon last August, in the attic of a tiny stone house in Pennsylvania, I made a most interesting discovery:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
M.I.T.: I had a nervous breakdown this weekend. Have some fries. Caltech: I had three nervous breakdowns this weekend. Have some fries.… — Kevin Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know what it meant to have a nervous breakdown. I’d heard people jokingly exaggerate that they’d had one. Until that… — Katie Ashley Copy Share Image
“At the age of 21 Lincoln failed in business... at age 22 he was defeated in a legislative race... at age 24… — Dave Newton Copy Share Image
“Whenever we doubt our own ability to achieve, it is worthwile pondering the obstacles that others have overcome. To name a few...… — Andrew Matthews Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, though my kiss-stung face has returned to normal, my heart and all working body parts are absolutely not normal.… — Jenn Bennett Copy Share Image
Medically speaking, there is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Which is very annoying to discover when you're right in the… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings. — Earl Wilson Copy Share Image
The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown. — John Holmes Copy Share Image
Even after several hospitalizations for alcohol and drug-related nervous breakdowns, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay defined sobriety as restricting her daily intake… — Judith Thurman Copy Share Image
I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
If you ever feel like you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown, just follow these simple rules: First, calm down; second,… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
“T. S. Eliot taught us you can write about your nervous breakdown, but call it 'The Wasteland' and make it big and… — Mary Jo Bang Copy Share Image
The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time,… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
Peter Dinklage doesn't care. He's so cool so you can laugh at it. Most actors, if you laugh they'd just have a… — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
“You know what she said? She says nobody gets a nervous breakdown just from the war and all. She says you probably… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
“Do more than:Stop self-destructing. Save each other. Not have a nervous breakdown or six by twenty five. Decolonize our minds, our hair,… — Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Copy Share Image
Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in… — Keith Ablow Copy Share Image
I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous… — Natasha Hamilton Copy Share Image
“When tears come, I breathe deeply and rest. I know I am swimming in a hallowed stream where many have gone before.… — Mary Margaret Funk Copy Share Image
