453 Quotes by Susan Cain

The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up.

Originally, technology was pretty clearly on the side of introversion. It allowed introverts to connect with people, to express their ideas in a less stimulating way: you're sitting alone behind a computer. But I'm starting to think that the pressure to self-present constantly online is becoming so extreme.

Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.

You can't pick up a business magazine ever without seeing the word 'collaborate' splashed all over it. I think people are probably feeling assaulted by the need to always be on and always be interacting.

Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire.

America had shifted from what influential cultural historian Warren Susman called a culture of character to a culture of personality, and opened up a Pandora's box of personal anxieties of which we would never recover.

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?

Every American was to become a performing self.