Shy Quotes · Page 12

Americans are shy about the body. I have to remember that when I go there.

— Ana Beatriz Barros

But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.

— John James Audubon

I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.

— Debra Wilson

I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don't speak unless I have to.

— Greta Thunburg

Do not to be as shy around girls, because they're probably just as shy and just as scared as you are.

— Steve Carell

I've always been shy, I was a quiet child. I didn't start speaking until uh, last year.

— Craig Nicholls

I was a shy kid, I would never ask for what I wanted. I would go out of my way to avoid…

— Josh Taylor

I was a non-dancer; I was very shy and would be embarrassed to dance.

— Prachi Desai

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the…

— Kyle Maynard

There's a negative connotation to ambitious women, and I think that we should be able to be proud of being ambitious and…

— Tory Burch

I'm somewhat shy about the brutal facts of being a carnivore. I don't like meat to look like animals. I prefer it…

— John Updike

I'm embarrassed to say this, but I shy away from memoirs. My feeling is always that I'm saving them for later, so…

— Jennifer Egan

I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make…

— John Prine

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder…

— Steven Pinker

I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings…

— Paulo Coelho

I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious…

— Nigella Lawson

Look around. Take the tour. Fear hangs on the wall and shame sometimes. Emotional dislocation too. But I am brave in my…

— Nikki Grimes

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them…

— Vijender Singh

I've often wondered about the shyness of some of us in the West about standing for these ideals that have done so…

— Ronald Reagan

Well, I do want to talk about the challenges at the border. New Mexico, if you will, has become an Ellis Island…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

When I made my first film, I had hardly ever seen a camera before, and I was a young man when I…

— Leos Carax

I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis…

— Anonymous

Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He's a very shy…

— Toby Jones

You know what I think the guy who reviewed the live show for Pitchfork suffers from? Shy/asshole confusion. I'm not an asshole.…

— Nicholas Thorburn

I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

— Garry Shandling

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

— Rhys Ifans

When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

— Claire Shipman

It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

— Fernando Pessoa

What can I say? I’m a sucker for the shy, quiet types.

— Julie James

I say no words... I can't speak with him. I shy. He too good.

— Pavel Datsyuk

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

— Melissa Benoist

I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts.

— Cat Stevens

I've never been one to shy away from a challenge or back down from critique.

— Randi Zuckerberg

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

— Tommy Lee Jones

I have never met a man more shy than Clark Gable. He was so shy, you couldn't make him talk.

— Oriana Fallaci

I might be shy, but in the field, where I have to do my work, I do it. I let my bat…

— Vladimir Guerrero

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you…

— Carol Burnett

As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.

— Teemu Pukki

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

— Andrea Bocelli

I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

— Ian Rush