#worrying

I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#apart #away #diary #i #keep

Good God, but life could be less than easy, not that he was unaware that it could certainly be a lot worse, but to go about in such a state, pulse high, face red, worried sick that someone would notice how nervous one was, was certainly less than ideal, and he felt sure that his body was secreting all kinds of harmful chemicals and that the more he worried about the harmful chemicals the faster they were pouring out of wherever it was they came from. ↗

— George Saunders

#life #worrying #humor

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. ↗

— Isak Dinesen

#beautiful #beautiful life #before #better #difficult

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. ↗

— Ed Harris

#about #constituents #every #explain #going

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#ever #his #i #jefferson #judge

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ↗

— John Mortimer

#about #eat #extra #forgoing #geriatric

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children. ↗

— Joycelyn Elders

#affair #children #fetus #get #love

I want to live to be 120. That's when I will start worrying about my age. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#age #i #live #start #want

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#actually #by the time #earning #father #going

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#constantly #i #more #paranoid #plan