Shy Quotes

920 Shy quotes by 740 unique authors

I've always been shy, but in New Orleans there were times my shyness would cause me actual physical pain. I'd get so claustrophobic around people… — Ricky Williams
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a… — Sia Furler
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns. — John James Audubon
Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy. — Heston Blumenthal
When I became a Sigma Chi it was great, because they were the pople I enjoyed being with and I was very proud of the… — David Letterman
I'm a shy guy... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody... even though sometimes… — Georges St-Pierre
Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you." — Viggo Mortensen
I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was resentful, shy, and… — Joan Juliet Buck
I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen Last Tango. It's… — Eva Green
This fighting-shy of every obligation partly explains the phenomenon, half ridiculous, half disgraceful, Of the setting-up in our days of the platform of "youth" as… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the jaundiced… — William Hazlitt
People shy away from it [MMA] because they think it's a brutal, brutal sport, and I've said, 'Guys, MMA is safer than football and boxing,...… — Herschel Walker
I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken. — Stevie Jackson
The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is really introspective and… — Steve Coogan
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. — Mahatma Gandhi
I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me… — Ellie Goulding
Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me. — Eva Green
People think I'm so strong, but I'm very shy. — Eva Green
People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher. — Matt Groening
In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak. — Dane Cook
I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college. — Francis Ford Coppola
I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a… — Mos Def
I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it. — Johnny Depp
If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy. — Shannen Doherty
When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body.… — Gloria Estefan

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