Shy Quotes - Page 32

• People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  People, Missing, Slugs

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.231, Penguin

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• Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms of concepts; but shy and ill at ease in a world of existences, because to exist is an act, not a thing.

  Etienne Gilson

  Home, Law, Essence

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• Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.

  Quincy Jones

  Eye, Light, Hands

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• I'm feeling more and more thoughts that aren't songs, just reflections. I'm always been very shy and in some ways a prisoner in one language and I feel that the liberation of creativity has to be in all senses. So I've been deciding to publishing something very simple but very small at the same time, nothing egocentric.

  Ana Tijoux

  Song, Creativity, Reflection

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• Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

  Joshua Lederberg

  Thinking, Personality, Important

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• I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion , but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.

  Kirsty Gallacher

  Fashion, Believe, School

  "Kirsty Gallacher: my Saturday job" by Mark King, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2012.

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• As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship. I love my profession and my science. I love the Academy and my pupils, male and female, because to direct the work of young people, one must be close to them.

  Alexander Borodin

  People, Relaxation, Musical

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• I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

  Michael Bergin

  Party, Awkward, Feelings

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• Children learn what they live.
  If a child lives with criticism... he learns to condemn.
  If he lives with hostility... he learns to fight.
  If he lives with ridicule... he learns to be shy.
  If he lives with shame... he learns to be guilty.
  If he lives with tolerance... he learns confidence.
  If he lives with praise... he learns to appreciate.
  If he lives with fairness... he learns about justice

  Dorothy Nolte

  Children, Fighting, Appreciate

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• Man has created some lovely dwellings, some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not ... created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wildflower.

  Harvey Broome

  Pain, Sunset, Men

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• Powdermilk biscuits: Heavens, theyre tasty and expeditious! Theyre made from whole wheat, to give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done

  Garrison Keillor

  Giving, Heaven, Needs

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• I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

  Frankie Avalon

  Years, Two, Musician

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes I get really shy when people recognize me, but when it was from Arrested, I'd be like, "So what do you like about it? You watch it? Will you try to watch it when it's on, and not just TiVo it? Because if you don't want it to be taken off the air...." It was really sad when it got taken off the air. But it's really cool. It was nice to have a small part in something with a big life.

  Judy Greer

  Nice, Taken, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.

  Catherine Tate

  Children, Awkward, Use

  "What I'm not is a cheery person". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2008.

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• At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.

  Michel Gondry

  School

  "How Michel Gondry became cinema's most versatile director" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2010.

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• I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.

  Alexandra Roach

  School, Neighbor, Stage

  Interview with Kaleem Aftab, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 28, 2011.

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• I’ve got this tiny pang of regret when I think of how much I have probably missed out on in the last few years because I was too scared to take a risk, or too shy to speak up, or too worried to be bold.

  Jessi Kirby

  Regret, Thinking, Years

  Jessi Kirby (2014). “Golden”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• Is it ok to sometimes be shy?Yes, of course. The point is,that being that way all the time and using it as an excuse to never be the opposite of shy,it's not good. It's not good for your life, your interactions,strenght of character and how diverse and interesting you can be. You are MORE than shy. Don't be labeled, be what you wanna be in any given moment. And DO what WORKS, not what you think you are.

  Matthew Hussey

  Character, Thinking, Opposites

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• We say, 'Shall we meet for a drink?', as though drinking were the main end of the appointment, and the matter of company only incidental, we are so shy about admitting our need for one another.[...]We say, 'Would you like to come for some coffee?', as though it were less frightening to acknowledge that we are heavily dependent on mildly stimulating drinks, than to acknowledge that we are at all dependent on the companionship of other people.

  Jonathan Coe

  Drinking, Coffee, People

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• 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.

  Philip Zimbardo

  People, Bully, Bronx

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• The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

  Neil Diamond

  Insecure, Keys, Kind

  "Neil Diamond Cuts Up". Interview with Richard Natale, articles.latimes.com. February 10, 2001.

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• Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, which people don't seem to be shy about expressing.

  Jamie Moyer

  People, Opinion, Seems

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• Gangsters live for the action. The closer to death, the nearer to the heated coil of the moment, the more alive they feel. Most would rather succumb to a barrage of bullets from a roomful of sworn enemies than to the debilitation of old age, dying the death of the feeble. A gangster becomes as addicted to the thrill of the battle and the potential to die in the midst of it as he does to he more attractive lures in his path. In his world, the potential for death exists every day. The better gangsters don't shy away from such a dreaded possibility but rather find comfort in its proximity.

  Lorenzo Carcaterra

  Enemy, Dying, Age

  Lorenzo Carcaterra (2002). “Gangster”, p.93, Ballantine Books

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• Occasionally there are people who are not like me, and I forget that they're more introverted or shy, or just don't want to make a decision so quickly.

  Wayne Coyne

  People, Decision, Want

  "The Flaming Lips on covering Sgt. Pepper's, Miley Cyrus, and never stopping". Interview with Scott Morrow, music.avclub.com. November 3, 2014.

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• American gentlemen are a cross between English and French men, and yet really altogether like neither. They are more refined and modest than Frenchmen, and less manly, shy, and rough, than Englishmen. Their brains are finer and flimsier, their bodies less robust and vigorous than ours. We are the finer animals, and they the subtler spirits. Their intellectual tendency is to excitement and insanity, and ours to stagnation and stupidity.

  Fanny Kemble

  Animal, Men, Stupidity

  Fanny Kemble (1890). “Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters”

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