Nervous Quotes - Page 39

• Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

  George Crumb

  Elements, Rhythm, Nervous System

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• People get so stressed and nervous and mad.

  Kim Clijsters

  People, Mad, Stressed

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• I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

  Neko Case

  Stage, Feels, Fearful

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• I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

  Emma Donoghue

  Sports, Yoga, Dancing

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• I still get nervous when I have a lot of makeup on, a big hairdo, and a dress.

  Jenna Fischer

  Makeup, Dresses, Bigs

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• My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!

  Adam Garcia

  Girlfriend, Gay, Thinking

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• I'm a neurotic Jew who doesn't want loans. I can't even carry a balance on my credit card without having a nervous breakdown.

  Duff Goldman

  Balance, Cards, Credit

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• It is normal to be nervous.

  James Galway

  Normal

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• I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

  Namie Amuro

  People, Listening, Singing

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• I was a nervous young man. I wanted to do so many things. And I was so enthusiastic and earnestly in love with so many things that I tried too hard. I tried really, really hard. And I made a lot of mistakes. I was afraid of a lot of stuff. And I kind of feel bad for that person I was.

  Ryan Adams

  Mistake, Men, Stuff

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Jobs, Thinking

  "Jamie Campbell Bower Talks Fake Tattoos, Female Protagonists, Working with Lily Collins, and More on the Set of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. February 14, 2013.

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• I'm nervous when taking part in any movie.

  Jamie Campbell Bower

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• My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.

  Michael Easton

  Mom, Wise, Kings

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• The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Science, Men, America

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.9, VM eBooks

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• It's about businesses nervous about taking on school leavers because of a mass of red tape. It's about health and safety regulations and green fines.

  Nigel Farage

  School, Safety, Green

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• I mean, I can cook, but I'd get very nervous having my food being judged by dinner guests.

  Prabal Gurung

  Mean, Dinner Guests, Cooks

  "Prabal Gurung on His Love Affair with Women, SS13 Campaign, and Target Collection". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. January 31, 2013.

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• I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

  Shirley Henderson

  Thinking, Roles, Research

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Before I proposed to my now-wife, I was understandably nervous. My father suggested that I take stock of all of my experiences and relationships with women, from my earliest memories to present day, and see if I had learned anything that might inform my decision.

  Justin Halpern

  Memories, Father, Wife

  "7 Things You Need To Know Before You Get Married" by Justin Halpern, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2012.

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• As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Taken, People, Desire

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• I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  School, Causes, Scared

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• You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, Guitar, Done

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• Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.

  Tom Jones

  Winning, Awards, Ideas

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• I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

  Lydia Ko

  Media, Speech, Used

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• I never got nervous performing my own material.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Performing, Materials, My Own

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• Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small wonder food makes a woman nervous.

  Caroline Knapp

  Wish, Desire, Wonder

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