Nervously Quotes

36 quotes by 32 authors

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. — Johannes Brahms
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack… — Lance Morrow
'Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop into today's… — J. A. Spender
A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and… — Stephen Crane
Patrick Rothfuss gives us a fabulous debut, standing firmly on the main stage of the fantasy genre and needing no warm-up act. Jordan and Goodkind… — Kevin J. Anderson
I didnâ€™t want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. To be able to articulate something visually is really an important thing.… — Kara Walker
The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious… — Anton Chekhov
I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time ... when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very… — Carl Sagan
Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was… — Alan Dershowitz
When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there… — Helen Keller
Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the… — David Sedaris
And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the waters of blogging,… — Neil Gaiman
I liked the feeling of love,' [Jonas] confessed. He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. 'I… — Lois Lowry
WHERE did you say it was?' asked Pooh. Just here,' said Eeyore. Made of sticks?' Yes' Oh!' said Piglet. What?' said Eeyore. I just said… — A A Milne
But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting… — Rick Riordan
Tug looked nervously at his master. Horses aren't supposed to fly, he seemed to be saying. — John Flanagan
Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. — Terry Pratchett
Mulch's tongue lolled out, resting on the centaur's neck. "Mmm," he mumbled around his tongue. "Horse. Tasty" "Let's go," said Foaly nervously. "Let's go right… — Eoin Colfer
Como un angel," I whisper. "Is our game over?" she asks nervously. "It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game. — Simone Elkeles
You can read minds, and you didn't tell me?â€ Link stared at me like he just found out I was the Silver Surfer. He rubbed… — Kami Garcia

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