“Never ignore the elephant in the room. That’s rude; play with it and introduce it.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“Odd is a compliment,” he continued, his eyes twinkling, “whereas weird is an insult.” — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
Awkwardness is part of life but it's edited out of what we consume. — Amelia Dimoldenberg Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in our quest to be seen as credible and professional and sophisticated, we forget the value of our humanity.” — Henna Pryor Copy Share Image
What's nice about having kids close to the age they're playing is that you can actually capture awkwardness. — Jon Watts Copy Share Image
“When people are perfectly polite, it usually means they don't really care. A little awkwardness is more sincere.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“There are awkward moments from which one can retreat, and awkward moments from which there is no escape.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Elegance is something more than ease; it is more than a freedom from awkwardness or restraint. It implies, I conceive, a precision,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“ We will never be anything but strange to them. I answer in angry basso push-wave throbs. This is not about them. ” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles. — James A. Owen Copy Share Image
I've always felt socially awkward and you can cover it up with a veneer to some degree and the formality of a… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The most awkward means are adequate to the communication of authentic experience, and the finest words no compensation for lack of it.… — Ananda Coomaraswamy Copy Share Image
I saw the original that Gela Babluani wrote and directed called '13 Tzameti,' and that was very interesting. I believe it was… — David Zayas Copy Share Image
Discomfort and awkwardness are places where you feel things. I'm a big advocate for being happy. We can choose to live in… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Vietnamese food has probably been saved from the mass market because most people never master the sauces and condiments that must be… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“The girl whose table I occupied was reading a book but I couldn’t help but notice that all this time, she was… — Nico J. Genes Copy Share Image
Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
What people really want is not to make something funny, but to make something amusing - which, in many ways, is the… — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness… — Maggie Grace Copy Share Image
I'm often in conversations with people who have learning disabilities, and they talk about how they were teased and perhaps laughed at… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
“I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“He paused at the bedroom door, shut his eyes, took a deep breath, and walked right out like it was any other… — Jane Seville Copy Share Image
I'm socially awkward. What draws me to playing socially awkward characters? I think they're interesting. I'm fascinated kind of by - I… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
“I am what I am, and there's much about me that won't be changed with any amount of wishing or wanting. I'm… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell is probably the funniest comic actor, certainly of my generation. I am a huge, huge Will Ferrell fan. I'm not… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
