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 soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.
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 of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I couldn't sleep for two years, they tried to break my nerves. They used a lot of psychology to brainwash.
The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
Before I was a year old I walked and talked and I was even potty trained. When I started going to school I think I got on everyone's nerves because I used to ask adult questions rather than settle for the stuff usually fed to kids.
Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad. That the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain.
Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.
I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think.