“America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.” YearsHas BeensFunnyAmericaChurchSleepSituationNervousTenseCan't Sleep Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“When you have been writing for a lot of years, you have to make an effort not to start repeating yourself. It occurred to me that I tended to tread certain ground automatically, because it was comfortable, but that there were areas I avoided automatically because they made me nervous.” WritingYearsHas BeensMadeCertainEffortComfortableAreasNervousAvoided Author:Merrill Markoe
“I can't accept "our nervous age," since mankind has been nervous during every age. Whoever fears nervousness should turn into a sturgeon or smelt; if a sturgeon makes a stupid mistake, it can only be one: to end up on a hook, and then in a pan in a pastry shell.” IfsShouldHas BeensI CanEndsAgeTurnsMistakeAcceptingMankindStupidNervousShellsHookPastriesNervousnessStupid Mistake Author:Anton Chekhov