Nerve Quotes

386 Nerve quotes by 318 unique authors

I need a little language such as lovers use, words of one syllable such as children speak when they come into the room and find… — Virginia Woolf
The body's a mirror of heaven: Its energies make angels jealous. Our purity astounds seraphim. Devils shiver at our nerve. — Unknown Author
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. I was determined to try. I was determined to try because, frankly, my life was such a mess… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore… — Joss Whedon
Film as dream, film as music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight… — Ingmar Bergman
The master maker of the human body did not create you and then run off and leave you masterless. He stayed on the job as… — B. J. Palmer
I'm a Pilates person. It's great. I had a hip problem. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip problem and it's… — Jennifer Aniston
So what Chiropractic does, is that it simply “takes the handcuffs off Nature”, as it were. By finding the particular vertebra that had shifted and… — B. J. Palmer
I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an… — Nicholas Brendon
I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for some people, but… — Nina Conti
The nerve agent VX is one of the most toxic ever developed. 13,000 chemical bombs were dropped by the Iraqi Air Force between 1983 and… — Hans Blix
The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still… — Andrew Greeley
Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They were manifesting as… — George Saunders
Pride was his life force; for us it was a live nerve that he could teach us to brush. One stroke, a good practice, and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Heroin spread that soft blanket over everything. But once the blanket was ripped off, it took a layer of skin with it, leaving nothing but… — Jerry Stahl
I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King,… — Zara Phillips
Empowerment is constantly challenging oneself with something difficult that tests his power of nerve, knack, skill, aptitude, attitude and wisdom to do things diligently, delightfully… — Unknown Author
Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient kind, the nerve… — Eamon Dunphy
Strain every nerve to gain your point. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve. — Henry David Thoreau
Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are only thoughts. — George Santayana
The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible to tell you… — Quentin Crisp
It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane. — John Steinbeck
I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I… — James Nachtwey
I definitely feel much more comfortable in front of the cameras after 'The Hills.' Before, it was much more nerve-racking. — Audrina Patridge

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