“Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.” NaturalToo MuchHabitMouthsLipsHeavyTendenciesNervousAcquireSmokingCigarCurlsHavana Author:Thomas A. Edison
“A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account regularity is of great consequence in exercising the moral and intellectual power. All nervous diseases have a marked tendency to observe regular periods; and the natural inclination to sleep at the approach of night is another instance of the same fact.” FactsActionNightNaturalSleepMoralHabitPeriodsExerciseDiseaseApproachIntellectualConsequenceAccountsTendenciesInstanceNervousCharacteristicsInclinationNervous SystemResumesRegularity Author:George Combe
“When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.” ThinkingFirstsEnoughKidsBitsVoiceHabitDrinkBiggerDrinkingNervousThrowingGetting OldGetting OlderEntertainersQuiverRoadblock Author:Tim McGraw
“There are betrayals in war that are childlike compared with our human betrayals during peace. The new lovers enter the habits of the other. Things are smashed, revealed in a new light. This is done with nervous or tender sentences, although the heart is an organ of fire.” HumansHeartWarDoneLightFireHabitLoversBetrayalSentencesNervousOrgansChildlike Author:Michael Ondaatje