Shy Quotes

• I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?

  

  Farrah Fawcett
  • Dress
  • Shy
  • Cocktail

• When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Wise
  • Personality

• I'm much more shy than most of my family.

  

  Talia Balsam
  • Family
  • Most
  • Shy

• Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.

  

  Catherine Tate
  • Children
  • Bits
  • Flamboyant

• On a scale of one to ten, I'm probably a six when it comes to flirting. I'm quite shy.

  

  Liam Payne One Direction
  • Shy
  • Scale
  • Flirting

• I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • People
  • Know
  • Shy

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

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • People
  • Quiet
  • Shy

• Eleanor Roosevelt was painfully shy, painfully shy. So she overcompensated. In the same way that Nancy Reagan felt unattractive and unlovable and so everything had to be - hair had to be perfect, and the makeup and the clothes. Because she thought, "They don't think I'm pretty."

  

  Cynthia Nixon
  • Thinking
  • She
  • Pretty

• He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime.

  

  William Manchester
  • Men
  • Ridiculous
  • Paradox

• In Bollywood, they like to put us in short clothes. And I am very shy; I don't like wearing revealing stuff, though my image is such. Unfortunately, it's a body-obsessed industry.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Clothes
  • Image
  • Revealing

• I do not understand why we are not raised to celebrate our bodies as children. Why we are told to be shy or awkward or self-conscious.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Children
  • Why
  • Celebrate

• I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually be a bit shy.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Women
  • Dream
  • Shy

• I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

  

  Brian Wilson
  • Real
  • Kind
  • Sometimes

• I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Women
  • Live
  • Fans

• Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

  

  Joshua Lederberg
  • Important
  • Personality
  • Littles

• I mean you're so shy & I'm lovin your tie You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Guy
  • Mean
  • Eye

• I'm actually a very shy person. You'd be surprised how many leaders are shy. They're not all extroverts by nature.

  

  Larry Harvey
  • Nature
  • You
  • Shy

• The problem is that mainly the metal press has an interest in Burzum, and the rest of the world... probably hardly even know Burzum exists, and those who do shy away due to my fairly.

  

  Varg Vikernes Burzum
  • World
  • Problem
  • Interest

• I don't why I was bullied. I was quite shy and skinny. Very nerdy, very bookwormish. I think I was just a target.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Why
  • Think
  • Shy

• I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken.

  

  Stevie Jackson Belle and Sebastian
  • Thinking
  • Reputation
  • Elusive

• It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Music
  • Business
  • Beginning

• I use all kinds of resources for researching my novels. I'm not shy about calling up experts and asking questions, or emailing, or buying textbooks and references. The Internet is always a brilliant way to find instant facts, but it's not a great way to really understand your subjects in depth without a lot of work.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Up
  • Work
  • Great

• I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Time
  • Fun
  • Mysterious

• I'm not shy about stating my opinion on political issues, so I can state my opinion, which is, on this one, Premier Notley's right. Because cap and trade systems have not been shown to work. And if you want to price carbon, then I would listen to the CEO of Suncor, who suggests a clean, transparent carbon tax makes a bunch more sense than a cap and trade system that just creates jobs for traders. I - I kind of agree with that.

  

  Naheed Nenshi
  • Political
  • Kind
  • Opinion

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