Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 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 don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not afraid to look… — Etty Hillesum
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
Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off… — Maryrose Wood
A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves. — David Bronstein
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 always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves. — Nick Cannon
Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves. — Hope Solo
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
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble. — Winston Churchill
Do not be perturbed with by an ill-bred person; in most cases the one who is unsociable has a liver complaint and bad nerves. — Chico Xavier
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
We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat. — Saddam Hussein
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
The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. — Jack Valenti
The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals. — Alfred North Whitehead
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
The movements of some more little red birds in the garden, like animated rosebuds, appeared unbearably jittery and thievish. It was as though the creatures… — Malcolm Lowry
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

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