Introvert Quotes · Page 11

And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I am more of an introvert person who is a little shy to get into random chat. I would rather observe people…

— Daisy Shah

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a…

— Laurie Helgoe

Introvert, her brain responds with a high level of activity, it is as if several lights start flashing on a control panel.

— Laurie Helgoe

I never thought I would be elected to office because in truth I am an introvert in a business mostly designed for…

— Ritchie Torres

Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye…

— John Green

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this…

— Bill Bradley

“It’s not that I’m so smart,” said Einstein, who was a consummate introvert. “It’s that I stay with problems longer.”

— Susan Cain

I think standup is pretty good for an introvert because you are performing, but, I mean, it's on your own terms. There…

— Amy Schumer

“Susan Cain, Harvard Law School graduate and author of the culture-shifting bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t…

— Amy Cuddy

“As much as anything else, it was a stare, not so paradoxically, of a privacy-lover who, once his privacy has been invaded,…

— J.D. Salinger

“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Actually, judging by Pinterest alone, I'm pretty sure a lot of people would look forward to hanging out in such a beautiful…

— Jenny Han

Extroverts are more attuned to social rewards, so they are more likely to flash a smile for effect. A notable exception are…

— Laurie Helgoe

I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other…

— Helena Bonham Carter

Some findings reveal extroverts as more adept at reading nonverbal cues, and attribute this to the extrovert's greater interest and experience with…

— Laurie Helgoe

I'm proper schizophrenic - really, really, really shy, but also a bit of a loon.

— Shaun Ryder

“Extroverts communicate well with others, Introverts communicate well with themselves”

— pablo

I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get…

— Silvia Colloca

Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room…

— Cheryl Strayed

When it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best.

— Christine Tsai

Introverts are generally more sensitive to low-intensity stimuli - they are mentally alerted to inputs that extroverts may miss.

— Laurie Helgoe

“The ones who stay unnoticed often see the most. They live out other people's lives, since their own are so unremarkable...”

— Setona Mizushiro

“An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be…

— Enya

Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.

— Criss Jami

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

— Henry David Thoreau

In 'Nach... ', I go all out, but 'Saraswati... ' is an introvert character. The two things are totally opposite.

— Gautam Rode

“Introverts don’t see life as one big cocktail party. We’re content with just a few meaningful relationships.”

— Jenn Granneman

“It's not the end if you're too shy to say 'I love you.' It's only the beginning; because you're first meant to…

— Criss Jami

I might be the biggest introvert ever. I want to be alone a majority of the time.

— Anonymous

I think I'm a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.

— Helen Hunt

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

— Susan Cain

I'm an introvert. I get my energy by spending time alone. I need that hour or two to myself every day.

— Amit Bhatia

“For her a day of pampering meant comic books, black liquorice, serious exercise, veggie curry and, above all, solitude.”

— Salla Simukka

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does…

— Laurie Helgoe

I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

— Fiona Gubelmann

“For introverts, who have limited energy for interaction, we need to be more thoughtful and deliberate about whom we meet—which, happily, is…

— Laurie Helgoe

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

— Jane Pauley

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value…

— Susan Cain