#shy

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#always #beware #everything #flashy #himself

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth. ↗

— Penelope Keith

#egoism #just #out #shyness

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer. ↗

— Tom Kenny

#been #class #class clown #clown #i

I'm kind of shy and quiet. But I'm only shy in my personal life. If I'm working, somehow I'm not and it goes away. ↗

— Riley Keough

#goes #i #kind #life #only

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#certainly #characters #confident #i #i love

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#front #intellect #need #only #passion

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

— Riccardo Muti

#arrogant #austere #even #far #i

Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#body #enough #fish #fishy #food

Suddenly he saw himself as others in the crowd must surely see him; a silent, solitary figure, standing apart from the rest. He looked out at the hoardes of singing, laughing people and felt more alone than he'd ever felt in his life. Was this how it was going to be then? Was this who he was? A man apart from his fellows, making the journey through life alone? ↗

— Mary Lawson

#lonely #loner #shy #life