Quotes About Tension

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.

Why do waiting rooms have to be so ominous?

In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It waits, like some malevolent caged beast, ready at any moment to escape and bring back all the horrors.

I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an animal doing what it should be doing. So if a horse runs, it feels happy. Or if you are too thin, you can't be happy, because evolution wants you to be tense and anxious, trying to wake up in the morning looking for food.

No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to get a government - and a nation - to stop drifting to low performance. That's to wake up and insist on higher standards.

I still feel I'm going to wake up any moment, and my skin's going to break out all over.

A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.

Morning or night, I love putting mint or spearmint oil on my temples and the back of my neck. There's this aromatherapy quality of both easing tension and waking you up.

The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.

We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.

I have the feeling we are the most uptight nation that ever walked this earth.

And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.

I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step.

I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.

I go to the gym every day. That tends to taper off when I'm at a tournament. During tournaments, I'm not trying to build fitness. I'm simply trying to keep away any kind of tension. I go for long walks to clear my head.

There is a theory that China will tend to push, and if you bend, they will push some more.

I mean, I find drama to be engaging and it makes your blood pressure go up and you keep watching, but it's not as entertaining as, say, comedy.

The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.

My family was never happy with me. I could just say that across the board.

Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.

It's always tough for a spinner to bowl against India.

It's a very strange experience being on set of 'Breaking Bad;' you never know what's coming next for your character. I feel like I don't even know if I'm going to live through the next scene I'm in. It's exciting to work on.

You breathe fast when you're scared.

Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.