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Quotes About Nervousness

During our first date, I wanted to hold your hand so badI almost cut mine offand threw it at youto see if you would catch it
~ Colin Gilbert
Carlos was getting jumpy and losing some of his composure.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
but my biggest worry was that he would
~ Chris Bohjalian
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.
~ Mikhail Baryshnikov
There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
~ Dan Reynolds
I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.
~ Yelawolf
I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.
~ Regina Spektor
Keely's pulse quickened. A stab of apprehension. He was the same at any live performance, suddenly anxious for the players. So stupid; these people were professional muscicians. But the way his throat narrowed they could have all been kds at a school recital. His kids.
~ Tim Winton
One of the symptoms of the approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important & that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. Bertrand Russell
~ Tom Hodgkinson
Frohike... had a long-standing crush on Dana Scully, but basically it was all talk. Mulder suspected Frohike would turn into a jittering mass of nerves if Scully ever consented to go out with him.
~ Kevin J. Anderson
Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.
~ Kevin James
We are so happy to have you here," he said; he didn't blink. I didn't know if this was something necessary for a politician, if blinking was a sign of weakness or something. As a result, I began blinking so much that I almost started crying.
~ Kevin Wilson
And though at nine I wasn't sure what an "agent" was, I knew she must be extremely important to make even my parents nervous. Besides, I was afraid of anyone I didn't know, let alone someone hiding behind a shroud of smoke. My imagination began to get the best of me. It was like we were in the presence of the Wizard. Instead of "I am the Great and Terrible Oz," she was the Great and Terrible Agent.
~ Kirk Cameron
I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
~ Carl Lewis
I still don't believe it," Christina said. "I shook hands with the president." "You shook—that's what you did!" Alex teased her. "Your hand was shaking like a leaf.
~ Carole Marsh
If things happen all the time you are never nervous. It is when they are not happening that you are nervous.
~ Gertrude Stein
God, now she knew what decent men felt like, the disquiet before taking someone for their first time.
~ J.R. Ward
I can't help it. You scare me.
~ Jaci Burton
I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
~ Sam Taylor-Johnson
I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.
~ Phil Knight
I would like to work with my ideal type, Song Hye Kyo sunbae. Although she has an elegant and classic style, her charisma is also strong, and her acting talent is outstanding. If we act together, I think I could learn a lot from her. But I'd probably be nervous a lot of times.
~ Lee Min-ho
I feel like I'm that typical new parent that's nervous about everything.
~ Lacey Chabert
I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on.
~ Marcus Buckingham
Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children
~ The RZA