Nerve Quotes

386 quotes by 331 authors

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. — Margaret Atwood
It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim. — Christina Aguilera
The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking. — Christina Aguilera
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike… — Kobe Bryant
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely… — Alan Alda
I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair. — John Henrik Clarke
I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I… — Maya Angelou
So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work, and materials in… — Alan Watts
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It… — W. Somerset Maugham
The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate… — Royal Robbins
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a scaffold of heavy… — Virginia Woolf
My hand moves because certain forces--electric, magnetic, or whatever 'nerve-force' may prove to be--are impressed on it by my brain. This nerve-force, stored in the… — Lewis Carroll
Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. — Bob Dylan
All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The cosmos is a vast living body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest… — D. H. Lawrence
Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, "How… — Andy Rooney
The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers… — William Allman
The human brain is the last, and greatest, scientific frontier. It is truly an internal cosmos that lies contained within our skulls. The more than… — Joel Davis
Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as an… — William Feindel

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