Shy Quotes
On quiet nerves and the traits behind them.
Some quotes here contradict the stereotype, like someone insisting they've never been shy and have always talked easily, while others explore the gap between a quiet, socially awkward offstage personality and a bold on-screen role. One poetic line even pictures small shy embarrassments playing out on sunny afternoons.
When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.
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No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.
Since when did scientific evidence become a reason to shy away from ecological action just because it wasn't popular?
I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.
I wasn't into acting when I was a kid. Maybe because I was shy or it didn't occur to me.
I shy away from showing cruelty on the page. A lot of the violence in my books actually happens off stage. The police come on to the scene after the event has occurred.
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
I shy away from celebrity status because I don't want to be known as that guy. But I had a chance to partake in the events and the festivities of the Kentucky Derby, and that was a huge honor.
I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and don't want to go to a party. I just want to stay home and read my murder mysteries...
I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.
I grew up in New York, in the Village, and I started going to Stella Adler pretty young. I was 13 or 14 years old. But I was also really shy when I was growing up.
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An unusual entry looks at how generations of hunting pressure turned wolves into the shy, elusive animals they are today, a reminder that shyness isn't only a human trait. See our always quotes and I Am quotes for related themes.
