Shy Quotes

They might be kittens," she said hopefully. "They're stalking us." "They might be shy." "I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie." "Puppies, then?

I wasn't a falling-in-the-gutter type. I drank at home because it relaxed me. I was shy around new people, but after a drink or two, I became more sociable.

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage.

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

I keep reading that I'm cold. But I'm not, I'm shy. And I play a lot of women of fire and sexuality like an animal - so I'm cold on one side and fiery on the other.

I had so many secrets and so much social repression throughout my life. I guess I'm just a shy person and feel like my true self is unacceptable to most people.

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.

I think I've always admired sort of dynamic filmmakers, which doesn't shy away from strong expressions. Which might be a little more theatrical at some points.

If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the recognition they crave.

I'm camera shy. I don't necessarily like being front and center. I'd rather not have my face all up in everything. I'm not trying to be some mysterious producer or anything like that.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

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.

It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.

Even when I became the typical shy adolescent, I never minded performing. I felt there was a kind of safety, a protection about being on stage, about losing myself in another character.

Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.

As women and as lawyers, we must never again shy from raising our voices against sexual harassment.

One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe." p. 155

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

I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.

I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play. I get that. And I don't shy away from those parts.

There aren't many shy writers left.

John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

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

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

I’m very shy, I feel very awkward.

Normally, I'm so shy.

I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try to get my cousins out of trouble by using my body. That was definitely acting.

I was a very shy child.

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.

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

My daddy tried to get me up to speak for the 17 years that I worked behind the scenes, but I never had the desire. Naturally, I was nervous and kind of shy. I just didn't want to do it.

When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't want to read. I was inventing books that I didn't want to read.

What can I say? I’m a sucker for the shy, quiet types.

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