Curious Quote by Anonymous

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.

— Rhys Ifans

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

— Anonymous

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

— Anonymous

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

— Penelope Keith

Shyness is primitive romanticism.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a…

— Philip Zimbardo

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a…

— David Whyte

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

— Steven Morrissey

Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes.

— Jonathan Katz

“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating.”

— Susan Cain