“Having to talk to people was the one thing, but soliciting conversation was something else. If I acted squirmy or didn't make… — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much - and its big,… — James Jones Copy Share Image
In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Yeah, it was horrible! I mean really horrible. I felt incredibly awkward. It was not something I was [looking forward to]. I… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Steadying herself with both hands on the table, she managed an awkward bow.... 'Your Highness,' she stammered, head lowered... The prince flinched… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
I'm very quiet. I can go a whole week without talking, so doing interviews is really awkward for me! — Katie Leung Copy Share Image
I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's… — Teri McKeever Copy Share Image
Whats more awkward than doing a shower scene? Rehearsing a shower scene. — Cobie Smulders Copy Share Image
I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
I don't just look at the thing itself or at the reality itself; I look around the edges for those little askew… — Keith Carter Copy Share Image
I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I think people have this "It can't hurt to ask" mentality, which is true on some level. I get comics like, "Hey,… — Todd Barry Copy Share Image
At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think that was when the headmaster realized he had lost; he realized then that he was finished. Because, what could he… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
