Quotes About Nervousness

I hate that there are nervous butterflies in my stomach, but there's no denying it.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

If I propose, you'll know it. For one thing, I'll be hyperventilating.

Adolph Knipe moved his feet on the carpet, and he watched the two small white hands of his chief, the nervous fingers playing with a paper clip, unbending it, straightening out the hairpin curves. He didn't like the man's hands. He didn't like his face either, with the tiny mouth and the narrow purple-coloured lips. It was unpleasant the way only the lower lip moved when he talked.

Veronica's hands wouldn't stop shaking. She held the revolver straight out from her body and breathed slowly, deeply, the hot-metal smell stinging her nostrils. She tried to relax her shoulders.

Shuddering in his efforts to repress a yawn of nervousness, he asked in his flat northern voice: How´s Margaret these days? The other´s clay-like features changed indefinably as his attention, like a squadron of slow old battleships, began wheeling to face this new phenomenon , and in a moment or two he was able to say: Margaret.

It causeth unease. - Oh it doth, doth it?

The quiver in her voice belied her nervousness.

Whether it's anger, panic, doubt, tension, nervousness or pressure…you can't let your emotions throw you! That's the thing you've really gotta learn…to look only at the stones. You can do this through selfobservation and training. It doesn't matter what your general nature is like, you can acquire the skill to overcome distraction.

I did it because I was so scared!

I am full of fear.

I don't know why it is, Captain Short, but whenever you start agreeing with me, I get decidedly nervous.

It felt like my teeth were sweating. Eoin Colfer's The Legend of Spud Murphy

I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

I do this weird thing in studios where I climb stuff when I get nervous.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

My entire pregnancy with Major, I was nervous about enduring another long labor.

The more I've spent preparing a set, the more nervous I get. That is why I get my energy from the crowd before I step on stage.

The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows.

The interesting thing is I don't get nervous for big things. I don't know why this happens, but I will get like, puke-nervous when I'm going to do a presentation at school or go fill up my gas, but if I'm about to go on Jimmy Fallon, I am stress-free.

I was under so much pressure. I often felt scared.

I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.