Introverted Quotes · Page 2

Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.

— Yukimi Nagano

“morning people to be pleasant, productive folks—“introverted,”

— Daniel H. Pink

Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.

— David Farr

“Introverts rather die than volunteer to give a speech in public.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I lead an introverted and boring life here in California.

— Brian Bosworth

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

— Juliette Lewis

In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

— Chris Barber

On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been.

— Barack Obama

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

— Gabriela Sabatini

When I started doing standup, it was the first time I felt comfortable with myself. I think people I went to school…

— Taylor Tomlinson

An introverted, bookish child, with a mass of complexes and her head full of crazy ideals and a childish faith in the…

— Sergei Lukyanenko

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to…

— Gloria Estefan

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break…

— Beyonce Knowles

I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.

— Amitabh Bachchan

(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes…

— Susan Cain

I'm introverted, and all my friends make fun of me because all I do is work out and play golf. I'm a…

— Paige Spiranac

Magic is, in its core, introverted and closed; it's the most closed community ever, and I want to change all that and…

— Marco Tempest

I do hang out with girls, I do relax. But I am a hermit sometimes and get a bit too introverted, too…

— Josh Peck

Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they…

— Anonymous

I just... my childhood seems, when I look back, to be largely composed of reading, lying on the bed. I mean, my…

— Helen Garner

I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there…

— David Livermore

When I was younger, there was that desire to be cool and to fit in and to look a certain way. And…

— Arlo Parks

Marcel Proust shut out visitors from his cork-lined room, where he wrote, but he probably expected to be immortalized in the literary…

— Tyler Cowen

Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was…

— Christopher Bram

I'm a little bit more introverted than maybe some of the big personalities in the sport.

— Rory MacDonald

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.

— Robert B. Laughlin

“Introverts think about more than just being introverts.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

I wasn't an extroverted kid. I was very academic and very introverted.

— Rebel Wilson

I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors.

— Judith Faulkner

I'm very introverted, so it requires a huge effort for me to put on a smile and extend a hand and accept…

— Michael Ian Black

Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted,…

— Nelson Mandela

If you're very introverted, you prefer to spend much of your time alone, and when you do connect, you'd rather get together…

— Vivek Murthy

Introverted feeling types have a wealth of warmth and enthusiasm, but they may not show it until they know someone well. They…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at…

— Clint Eastwood

I was very introverted. You know, I had my close group of friends, but I really didn't care what the cool kids…

— Kim Harrison

I think I'm quite an introverted person, but I don't do brilliantly well when completely alone.

— Emma D'Arcy

I think I'm much more introverted in a lot of ways, or I need some coaxing out of my shell a lot…

— Taylor Russell

We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This…

— Nate Parker

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing…

— Daniel Breaker

I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for…

— Drummond Money-Coutts