Andrew Cuomo Quotes

Being nervous is a waste of time.

I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified.

This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely." "I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days.

Fear is something I try not to absorb.

New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health. You feel very sad, and yet you must carry on and maintain your cool in very trying and difficult moments. You have to tough it out.

I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

I'm frightened a lot. I feel like it's caused me a lot of obstacles.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Fear is one thing that can ruin everything. It's the greatest problem.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.

If I panic, everyone else panics.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

Finding the golden mean between alerting and panic is a constant challenge.

'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

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

I don't like to get too complacent. I like to give myself five panic attacks per project.

I pretend to be calm, it's not a word in my vocabulary.

The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.

I was paralyzed with nerves on 'Taste of Honey' and never quite knew what was going on.