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

— Rhys Ifans

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

— Penelope Keith

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

— Anonymous

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

— Susan Cain

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

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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

I don't consider myself a shy person necessarily, but there's something about getting under the skin of a character and allowing you an abandon…

— Cillian Murphy

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

— Steven Morrissey

Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.

— Dorothy Sarnoff

I am shy. People misconstrue it as arrogance.

— Himesh Reshammiya

Shyness is primitive romanticism.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA