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Quotes About Nervousness

nothing? She seemed as nervous
~ Unknown
Giggling is a plague on the nervous system that I believe is hardwired into some people's physiology and seems to be a reaction to tremendous nerves, fatigue, or self-consciousness. It is rarely a welcome occurrence to the giggler and can feel like going over Niagara Falls without a barrel
~ Linda Ronstadt
There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it.
~ Scott Stossel
Before going onstage you can always feel the adrenaline pouring through your veins.
~ Jose Jose
It was a struggle to find myself. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There were too many defeats. I finally admitted defeat and went into therapy.
~ Mariette Hartley
I'm constantly on the verge of a panic attack.
~ Camille Rowe
It made me feel almost giddy, like a high-school girl watching the captain of the football team worked up his nerve to ask for a date. You mean me? Little old me? Oh my stars, really? Pardon me while I flutter my eyelashes.
~ Jeff Lindsay
bundle of nerves, swaddled in a blanket of panic.
~ Jen Lancaster
I'm a bundle of nerves, swaddled in a blanket of panic.
~ Jen Lancaster
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is very important.
~ Bertrand Russell
Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.
~ Manisha Koirala
Tookie's heart pounded. her knees wobbled, her heart started to flutter, and she felt a warm gush through her core. Try not to suck on his thumb again!
~ Tyra Banks
In a whirlwind world, independent languor becomes a virtue, and meditation engenders a finer art than any nervousness
~ Vachel Lindsay
It's a business now. But you still have little butterflies in your stomach before every game.
~ Chris Paul
Before I got in the car, I was puking all over the place and on the grid. I was just a shaking wreck.
~ James Hunt
I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.
~ Christoph Waltz
Once I was sitting next to a man on an airplane who kept interrupting our conversation to take various pills. I asked him, "What is that you're taking?" He answered that they were tranquilizers. I said, "Oh, are you nervous?" and he said, "No, not now, but I think when I get home I'm going to be." You can laugh at this story, but what happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy?
~ Pema Chodron
My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life.
~ Philip K. Dick
sweaty palms. check. shaky bones. check. the feeling that all oxygen in the air has been replaced by helium. yup.
~ David Levithan
and i'm thinking, aren't i supposed to be the one who's freaking out here? tiny is going to be the first b-b-b- (i can't do it) boy-f-f-f (c'mon, will) boyf-boyf (here we go) boyfriend of mine that she's ever met.
~ David Levithan
I'm afraid of animals.
~ JoJo
If I hear about a big match coming up, I'll get anxiety about it, and I'll start thinking about it, like, 'What's gonna happen? Is this my shot?'
~ Mustafa Ali
I have anxiety a lot of the time. Maybe it's not anxiety, maybe it's an adrenaline thing.
~ Stacy Martin
There is a certain kind of anxiety whenever I go perform live in a play.
~ Atul Kulkarni