Shy Quotes - page 19

Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off. (Wally Lamb)
I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before. View quote
Rafael Nadal
I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time. View quote
Sigourney Weaver
Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork! View quote
Queen Latifah
Those we loved, they're dead. Faces behind hands, shy shawls dropped, modestly awry. Those we love, they're married. View quote
András Petöcz
Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested. View quote
J. Michael Straczynski
37 is a lumpy number, a bit like porridge. Six is very small and dark and cold, and whenever I was little trying to understand what sadness is I would imagine myself inside a number six and having that experience of cold and darkness. Similarly, number four is a shy number. View quote
Daniel Tammet
I'm fundamentally quite shy, so that thing of taking on another character is quite a liberating thing to do if you're a shy person, because within that character framework you can now go to all these other places. View quote
Russell Crowe
You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything. View quote
Magic Johnson
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody. View quote
Chris Evert
Social taboos are shy like virtue; once lost, there is no remedy. (Gunnar Myrdal)
I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy. View quote
Joan Collins
I have never met a man more shy than Clark Gable. He was so shy, you couldn't make him talk. View quote
Oriana Fallaci
I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy. View quote
Jet Li
I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.' View quote
Jude Law
I am a shy person. View quote
Ang Lee
I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out. View quote
Steve Martin
If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all. View quote
Tobey Maguire
Normally, I'm so shy. View quote
Jessica Simpson
No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others. View quote
Tommy Lee Jones
Charles coloured, from "a complication of disorders.” First he was quite shy enough to be annoyed at its being supposed that he cared whether there were any young ladies in the world or not; and, secondly, he was quite romantic enough to be shocked at the idea of money supplying the want of a pretty face. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics. View quote
Shirley Temple
Powdermilk biscuits Heavens, they're tasty and expeditious They're made from whole wheat, to give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done. View quote
Garrison Keillor
I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine. View quote
Garrison Keillor
I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want - but that's definitely not true of me. The people closest to me know that's not the case. They know I'm not a pushover. View quote
Leona Lewis