170 Quotes About Shy

Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.

People say the truth or lie or keep silent for these reasons: when they're afraid of the consequences; when they'll be affected; and when they don't care.

Our fear of aloneness incites us to look for love. The terror of never finding anyone to share of with lives eventually causes us to forgo our natural shyness, mingle with other people, and express compassion.

It is doubly unfortunate to be ignorant or stupid … and confident.

It is often asked why the greatest performers are so timid in private. Confident people get attention naturally. Shy people must do something extraordinary or outrageous to have similar recognition.

Some people are extroverts only when they are drunk.

Shyness is a symptom of and a punishment for thinking too little of and too much about yourself.

I squeeze my feelings into something small, like a walnut, and chuck it behind me for some other silly squirrel to find.

Accustomed to himself, he then felt not so interesting. He knew himself too well; he thence hid out for some mystery.