#nerve

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#church #dry #half #ice #instead

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set. ↗

— Jon Hamm

#actor #attention #center #craves #deal

Being on a comedy tour is like traveling with family, everyone is all having a great time... then all of a sudden it turns sour. One thing gets said out of turn, and everyone is on everyone's last nerve. After an hour of silence, we all start laughing about it. ↗

— Steve Harvey

#after #being #comedy #everyone #family

The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves. ↗

— Niall Horan

#bigger #calms #crowd #nerves #noise

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#funny thing #less #live #losing #nerve

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#certain #need #nerve #writer #you

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#associated #balk #bin #bush #chance

Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#extend #images #impulse #limit #memory