Shyness Quotes
191 quotes by 161 authors
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I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!
— Ingrid Bergman
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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives…
— Alain de Botton
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I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the…
— Jim Carrey
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Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace.
— Vernon Baker
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All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.
— Lawrence Durrell
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Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
— Penelope Keith
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I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit…
— Lucille Ball
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I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I…
— Lucille Ball
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I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.
— Glenn Close
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I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way…
— Michael C. Hall
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I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think…
— Richard Gere
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I can do anything you want me to do so long as I dont have to speak
— Linda Evangelista
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There are elements of Piglet that are me: the shyness and the anxieties and fears. Even after all these years. The more you know, the…
— John Fiedler
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I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the inhibitions and shyness…
— Jean Arthur
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And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.
— Paul Merton
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Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes…
— Kirkpatrick Sale
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The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of…
— Dian Fossey
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I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.
— Michael Bergin
Who Wrote These Shyness Quotes
161 authors contributed a total of 191 Shyness Quotes, led by these top contributors: