#timid

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage. ↗

— Ice T

#enough #i #intimidating #mean #seriously

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#dancing #elitist #excellent #form #haven

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#black and white #boss #felt #gave #had

When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know. ↗

— Clancy Brown

#how #intimidating #into #know #many

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#first #girl #love #man #symptom

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#into #many #persons #scared #servitude

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#intimidation #katniss-everdeen #threat #sacrifice

...words are so strong and I am so timid - my soul ignores warnings and I end up covered with your paint ... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #poetry #shy #soul #timid

she walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and evocative. This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of urbane humor with a precision that approached meagreness. But at the moment when strangers tended to grow uncomfortable in the presence of this economy she would seize the topic and rush off with it, feverishly surprised with herself--then bring it back and relinquish it abruptly, almost timidly, like an obedient retriever, having been adequate and something more. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#silence #silent #timid #words #humor