Shy Quotes - page 2

It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man. (H. Rider Haggard)
I can be shy, but I'm not shy with my body. Everyone is naked under their clothes - so what? View quote
Cameron Richardson
I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about. View quote
Nigella Lawson
When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company. View quote
John Vanbrugh
I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious. View quote
Leonardo DiCaprio
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. View quote
H. L. Mencken
Soft is the music that would charm forever The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly. View quote
William Wordsworth
Nietzsche ... does not shy from conscious exaggeration and one-sided formulations of his thought, believing that in this way he can most clearly set in relief what in his vision and in his inquiry is different from the run-of-the-mill. View quote
Martin Heidegger
As a boy,I was extremely shy, certainly as a result of my upbringing. I was an expert blusher,and some of my harsh actions may echo this shyness by way of compensation. View quote
Günter Brus
I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don't understand her accent - I will go hungry for the entire flight. View quote
Shahrukh Khan
Money is a good thing to run after. It is very important to be financially stable but you have to keep your wrongs and rights in mind. Don't shy away from earning but without selling your soul. (Shahrukh Khan)
I don't think he could ever be a serial killer. He's way too shy. That Ted Bundy guy, he was pretty outgoing, from what I heard. -Jess about Doug p. 107. View quote
Meg Cabot
When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that. View quote
Meg Cabot
I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are? View quote
Rachel Kushner
I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart. View quote
Annette Funicello
One is always half mad when one is shy of people. View quote
Robert Walser
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people. View quote
Roger Moore
I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life. View quote
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Nick! Wait!” – Kyrian ‘Wait, my gluteus maximus. Vampire was shy of a few quarts of blood if he thought Nick had any intention of not going Casper on him.' – Nick. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute. View quote
Adriana Lima
I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started. (Adriana Lima)
I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people. View quote
Glenn Close
I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe." p. 155. View quote
James Patterson
It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions. View quote
John E. Sarno
We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories. View quote
John Thomas Sladek