#nervous

You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back. ↗

— David Johansen

#age #always #assumed #back #because

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#nervous #nervous system #oils #only #sustain

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

— Neko Case

#feel #i #nervous #stage

I was very nervous about going up to teach at Stanford and very nervous even about going to ARPA. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#even #going #i #nervous #stanford

There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#environment #existence #fixed #interpreting #just

There's a difference between wanting to appear confident and actually feeling confident. I think there have been many times when I've overcompensated for how nervous or out of place I feel. I was like that at school. ↗

— James Corden

#appear #been #between #confident #difference

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#ago #always #any #anyway #get

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#getting #makes #mistake #nervous #person

Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not be certain whether some of these symptoms were the result of radiation or nervous shock. ↗

— John Hersey

#came #certain #could #days #diarrhea