Quotes tagged ‘Shy’

(31 total)

“You're a shy cooker man.”

“I want you to say that to yourself: I am anxious and emotionally sensitive and insecure. Don’t say it like it’s a fucking curse. Say it like you’re describing something obvious and objective: There is a cup of tea on my desk. The air outside is chilly this morning. I am anxious and emotionally sensi…”

— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com

“Wednesday: We don't hug. Becky: Oh, they're just shy. Pugsley: We're not shy. Wednesday: We're contagious.”

— Paul Rudnick, Wednesday Addams, Christina Ricci, imdb.com

“I was the shyest of all the kids in the family. Just the act of picking up the phone and talking to a stranger would scare me.”

— Tulsi Gabbard, makers.com

“I bet on myself, over and over again, and often win. And so on. That being said … I’m not 100% confident everywhere.”

— John Gorman, medium.com

“Black Widow: You doing anything fun Saturday night? Captain America: Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so…no, not really. Rumlow: Coming up by the drop zone, Cap. Black Widow: You know, if you ask Kristen out, from Statistics, she'll probably say yes. Captain America: That's wh…”

— Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Strike Agent, Ann Russo, imdb.com

“Faline: He's kinda bashful, isn't he, mama? Ena: Well, maybe he wouldn't be, if you'd say hello.”

— Larry Morey, Adolescent Faline (voice), Ann Gillis, imdb.com

“A shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them. And a strong character’s often one who enjoys public life. Who thrives on it. And then, before you know it, the very person you’ve turned to in order to protect you is the very reason you are exposed.”

— Peter Morgan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jodi Balfour, imdb.com

“Dr. Cox: Shower Shorts? J.D: For the man who has nothing to hide, but still wants to.”

— Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, John 'J.D.' Dorian, Zach Braff, imdb.com

“I was too shy to ask any of the girls I knew at school, but there was this new girl in class, and because she was new, it was open season on her. As luck would have it, she was put at the desk directly in front of me in the classroom, so one morning I plucked up courage and asked her, without any id…”

— Eric Clapton, amazon.com

“If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.”

— Sherman Alexie, amazon.com

“A lot of people think I'm shy but I'm actually just rude.”

— Allison Raskin, twitter.com

“Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill.”

— Hippocrates, amazon.com

“Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”

— Andre Dubus, facebook.com

“You aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay.”

— Sylvain Reynard, amazon.com

“We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.”

— Brad Meltzer, goodreads.com

“I’m very shy and I’m always embarrassed when people are interested in what I do. I’m not an exhibitionist.”

— Lana Del Rey, pinupgalore-lanadelrey.tumblr.com

“I’ve always treasured empathy as the particular privilege of the invisible, the observers who are shy precisely because they sense so much—because it is overwhelming to say even a single word when you’re sensitive to every last flicker of nuance in the room.”

— Leslie Jamison, amazon.com

“Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.”

— Tove Jansson, amazon.com

“I’m the person who leaves every single event without saying bye don’t even question it I hate saying goodbye I don’t want to hug you just let me disappear into the night like I’m batman.”

— Unknown, vangoghmg.tumblr.com