Nerves Quotes
664 quotes by 560 authors
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You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.
— Margaret Atwood
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I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to…
— Lauren Bacall
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My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.
— John Bonham
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It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.
— Christina Aguilera
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The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking.
— Christina Aguilera
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But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at…
— Robert Browning
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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
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
— Edmund Burke
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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
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I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
— Eric Clapton
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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
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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
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Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.
— Jack Nicklaus
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We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the…
— Edward George, Baron George
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The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
— Minot Judson Savage
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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
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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
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I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.
— Joe E. Lewis
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If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.
— Shawn Johnson
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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
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