Shy Quotes - page 21

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born. (John Barrowman)
Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense. View quote
Jonathan King
I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and don't want to go to a party. I just want to stay home and read my murder mysteries and try to write and cook dinner. View quote
Susanna Kaysen
Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures. View quote
Indra Nooyi
The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
I've never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record. View quote
Taylor Swift
When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise. View quote
Taylor Swift
When I was on the train from Liverpool to Cambridge to become a student, it occurred to me that no one at Cambridge knew I was painfully shy, so I could become an extrovert instead of an introvert. View quote
John Horton Conway
I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. View quote
Hakeem Olajuwon
I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid. View quote
Elton John
You'll never know until you try it You don't have to keep it quiet And I know it makes you nervous But I promise you, it's worth it To show 'em everything you kept inside Don't hide, don't hide Too shy to say, but I hope you stay Don't hide away Come out and play. (Billie Eilish)
Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved. View quote
Philip Zimbardo
I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of an audience and I'm actually quite shy and reserved. View quote
Bill Bryson
I went to school with Steven Wright who was the shyest guy I knew, and one day someone suddenly told me that he was in a club doing standup comedy. I went down to his club and he was great. Another friend of mine, who was pretty much a thief by trade, was hosting the show. So I thought if these guys can do it then so can I. View quote
Denis Leary
I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while. View quote
Denis Leary
I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop. View quote
Ellie Goulding
An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. View quote
Samuel Butler (novelist)
Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen. View quote
Kenneth Grahame
In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen. View quote
Kenneth Grahame
I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person. View quote
Tom Ford
I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional. (Tom Ford)
Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. View quote
Lee Child
I was a solitary, shy, priggish youth. I had no experience of the social pleasures of boyhood and did not miss them. But I liked mathematics, and mathematics was suspect because it has no ethical content. I came also to disagree with the theological opinions of my family, and as I grew up I became increasingly interested in philosophy, of which they profoundly disapproved. Every time the subject came up they repeated with unfailing regularity, 'What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. View quote
Bertrand Russell
I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable. View quote
Rita Rudner
I was a very shy girl who led an insulated life; it was only when I came to Oxford, and to Harvard before that, that suddenly I saw the power of people. I didn't know such a power existed, I saw people criticising their own president; you couldn't do that in Pakistan - you'd be thrown in prison. View quote
Benazir Bhutto