#nerves

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#accustomed #actually #asleep #cannon #circumstances

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#attention #being #completely #give #heart

My toes are all squished. During an operation, they had to take nerves out. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#had #nerves #operation #out #take

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. ↗

— Jack Valenti

#discreet #edgy #films #nerves #public

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. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#becomes #callous #conform #dull #emptiness

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away. ↗

— Thia Megia

#crowd #energy #i #nerves #once

You think, eventually, that nothing can disturb you and that your nerves are impregnable. Yet, looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused. ↗

— Eliot Ness

#death #disturb #down #eventually #face

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#games #get #i #nerves #nervous

All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. When she started to laugh, it was like 'That's it!'. I went to LA and I got the part. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#cathy #flying #gave #get #got

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#acting #control #nerves #over #touches