Famous quotes containing the words repair and/or nerves:
“The office ... make[s] its incumbent a repair man behind a dyke. No sooner is one leak plugged than it is necessary to dash over and stop another that has broken out. There is no end to it.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes—
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)