Nerves Quotes

664 Nerves quotes by 537 unique authors

You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an… — Henry Adams
Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. — Marsha Norman
Ambulances always come with clouds of smoke. And then they disappear in a whistle. But what they bring is fear. Not freedom. Feardom is what… — Giannina Braschi
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. — Richard Halliburton
The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there… — Doris Humphrey
Nerves and butterflies are fine - they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in… — Unknown Author
When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?. — Russell Hoban
A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. — Frederick Douglass
People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they… — Oprah Winfrey
If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine. — Debi Thomas
As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of… — Rita Levi-Montalcini
If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into… — Kurt Vonnegut
When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then I surprised myself by discovering ethnic… — Dmitry Medvedev
Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves. — Gabby Douglas
I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy. — Vijender Singh
However spontaneous I hope a photograph will look, I always put a lot of thought into how I can make it happen. The very best… — Mario Testino
Nerves are good. They keep you alive. — Idina Menzel
Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging distances at high… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Carly Simon abandoned the stage for seven years after collapsing from nerves before a concert in Pittsburgh in 1981. When she resumed performing, she would… — Scott Stossel
My main weakness is nerves. — Megan Fox
I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. I am irritable and have weak nerves. — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Man is in a transition stage; he has 31 pairs of spinal nerves which keys him to the solar month, but the nerves in the… — Max Heindel
Nerves can be useful, as they sharpen you up, make you determined to try your hardest and do your best. — Stephen Cole
I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Information is crucial to our biological substance - our genetic code is information. But before 1950, it was not obvious that inheritance had anything to… — James Gleick

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