#shy

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#himself #his #making #man #many

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#band #big #did #drums #get

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#away #fame #focus #get #happens

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#awkward #get #going #happen #i

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention. ↗

— Little Richard

#child #i #kind #really #shy

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. ↗

— Don Rickles

#i #outgoing #protect #shy #shyness

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#engineered #foods #genetically #industry #knows

I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy. ↗

— Alexandra Roach

#build #confidence #i #neighbor #quite

It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say. ↗

— Jay Roach

#because #bob #film #generally #get

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#chat #contact #e-mail #electronic #face-to-face