Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 unique authors

It would be thrilling if I could be boycotted or something. I think that's part of the thrill Madonna gets, when you know you've hit… — Downtown Julie Brown
I had a tumor in my left eye which killed the optic nerve, but it's my real eye. I just cannot see out of it. — Sandy Duncan
Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves. — Len Goodman
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes. — Gordon Gee
Being unprepared heightens nerves. — James Galway
Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve. — Rodney Crowell
Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and resent (quite properly)… — Robert A. Heinlein
Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a… — William Randolph Hearst
There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique… — Doris Humphrey
A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance… — Lydia Ko
I find doing speeches nerve wrecking. — Kate Middleton
Sensation is not the conduction of a quality or state of external bodies to consciousness, but the conduction of a quality or state of our… — Johannes Peter Muller
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of… — Johannes Peter Muller
The structure of the human brain is enormously complex. It contains about 10 billion nerve cells (neurons), which are interlinked in a vast network through… — Fritjof Capra
Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under… — Aimee Bender
Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and… — Herbert Gold
We see in the electroencephalogram a concomitant phenomenon of the continuous nerve processes which take place in the brain, exactly as the electrocardiogram represents a… — Hans Berger
This is, i think, very much the Age of Anxiety, the age of the neurosis, because along with so much that weighs on our minds… — Louis Kronenberger
Liberty is a harsh mistress. You cannot pick and choose what you like and dislike about her. Liberty will not change her principles for you,… — William H. Masters
Happiness means quiet nerves. — W.C. Fields
While the nominal strength of a country is represented by its numbers and resources, this muscular development is dependent on the state of its internal… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Don't pressure yourself to target a market. Hit the mark instead. Pay homage to your own connection. Quantity flocks to quality and quality comes from… — Tama J. Kieves
A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves. — Renee Fleming
Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the… — William James

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