Shy Quotes

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.

In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.

Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it.

I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.

It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them.

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.

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.

Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Americans are shy about the body.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.