Nervous Quotes

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During a heavy storm at sea a nervous woman passenger on a large liner went to the captain, seeking reassurance. "Captain," she asked tremulously, "are… — James Keller
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing… — George Orwell
All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be virtuous, they should… — Joseph Sobran
I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to… — Tom Hollander
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a bit. Sometimes, outlines… — Paul Rudnick
One stifling summer afternoon last August, in the attic of a tiny stone house in Pennsylvania, I made a most interesting discovery: the shortest, cheapest… — S. J. Perelman
I get shitty scared. One show in Amsterdam, I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times.… — Adele
I pull my eyelashes when I'm tired or thinking - it's a nervous thing. — Sheridan Smith
But what a little I can get down into my pen of what is so vivid to my eyes, and not only to my eyes;… — Virginia Woolf
Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story. — Hunter Hayes
The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates… — Hunter Hayes
I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that… — Kate Bush
Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out. — George Lois
As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in other… — Ivan Pavlov
Look to the nervous system as the key to maximum health. — Galen
Order and disorder, form and formless must have profound psychological roots, nervous roots. — Delmore Schwartz
Renegade scientists and totalitarian loonies are not the folks most likely to abuse genetic engineering. You and I are-not because we are bad but because… — Arthur Caplan
Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and… — Caitlin Moran
Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening. — Michael Jordan
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about… — Alain de Botton
Morgellons is constantly morphing. There are times when it's directly attacking the nervous system, as if you're being bitten by fleas and lice. It's all… — Joni Mitchell
I've always been paranoid about the police, because even when I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm thinking about doing something illegal. So, whenever I'm around… — Marilyn Manson
I don't really get nervous, ever. I just have a good time. — Logan Henderson
My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird. — Stephanie Perkins

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