Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 unique authors

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles,… — Swami Vivekananda
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque… — Alan Watts
The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling… — Max Weber
I'm tired of liberals dividing this country up into little groups, setting them upon each other, breeding spite and envy, and then having the nerve… — Allen West
Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard… — James Wolcott
Driving a stock car does not require much handling ability, at least not as compared to Grand Prix racing, because the tracks are simple banked… — Tom Wolfe
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the… — Virginia Woolf
The whole bullying issue has really struck a nerve with me. It affects so many different types of people at a vital time in their… — Kenny Wormald
Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves. — Viswanathan Anand
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do. — Walter Bagehot
Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. — Oscar Wilde
I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he… — Philip Pullman
For it would seem - her case proved it - that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person. The nerve which… — Virginia Woolf
The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the… — Baroness Orczy
Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation. — Charles Bukowski
Oh Christ, the exhaustion of not knowing anything. It's so tiring and hard on the nerves. It really takes it out of you, not knowing… — Martin Amis
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and… — Raymond Chandler
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried to do all… — Stephen King
If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into… — Kurt Vonnegut
You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there a grinin — Bob Dylan
Clare had studied the curves of those lips so many times that he could reproduce them mentally with ease: and now, as they again confronted… — Thomas Hardy
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three… — Jose Saramago
Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my… — Jane Austen
I had an alarm, I had nerve gas, I had a yogurt. What more could anyone want? — Janet Evanovich
We came out here to find the American Dream, and now that we're right in the vortex you want to quit ... You must realize… — Hunter S. Thompson

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