(268 quotes found)
“Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
“You've got a lot of nerve, To say you are my friend, When I was down, you just stood there grinning”
Bob Dylan
“Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.”
W. C. Fields
“We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.”
Sam Houston
“I only drink to steady my nerves. Sometimes I'm so steady I don't move for months.”
“Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.”
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
“Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.”
Richard Halliburton
“You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.”
Margaret Atwood
“Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster.”
William Randolph Hearst
“No man can have a 'yellow streak' and last. He must pay much attention to his nerves or temperament. He must hide every flaw.”
Christy Mathewson
