Book Quote by Susan Cain

“We tend to write Moses’ true personality out of the Exodus story. (Cecil B. DeMille’s classic, The Ten Commandments, portrays him as a swashbuckling…

— Susan Cain

“In the meantime, I’ve told you my tale of abject terror because it lies at the heart of some of my most urgent questions…

— Susan Cain

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

— Susan Cain

“Social anxiety disorder”—which essentially means pathological shyness—is now thought to afflict nearly one in five of us. The most recent version of the Diagnostic…

— Susan Cain

“To doubt the literal meaning of the words of Jesus or Moses incurs hostility from most people, but it’s just a fact that if…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“Public speaking phobia has many causes, including early childhood setbacks, that have to do with our unique personal histories, not inborn temperament. In fact,…

— Susan Cain

“In fact, public speaking anxiety may be primal and quintessentially human, not limited to those of us born with a high-reactive nervous system. One…

— Susan Cain

God doesn't seem to talk to people like he used to. Who's he talking to now? I don't know. Then I'm walking down the…

— Marc Maron

“the medium is not always the message; and that people followed Moses because his words were thoughtful, not because he spoke them well.”

— Susan Cain

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

— Susan Cain

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

— Rhys Ifans

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

— Susan Cain