Shy Quotes - Page 17

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot of people, I'm still shy.

Cowards can't be faulted for being shy. They can't be held responsible for anything.

The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes... So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts.

One time, I brought Prince to the set. He's a friend of mine, and he asked to come. Everyone wanted to meet him, but he's a little shy.

If you're shy, get the hell over it: You're slamming the door in your own face.

I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.

The warm dampness of her breath made me shiver at the mix of the familiar and the unknown, with a soft exhalation she shifted her head and her lips found my collarbone, teasingly shy of my old scar. Tendrils pulsed in time with my heart, building on the ones before to an unseen height.

I'm not a real social person, I'm shy and a lot of the business is just social.

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.

In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy.

In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look.

I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

My, my, aren’t we pushy . . .

What can I say? I’m a sucker for the shy, quiet types.

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking.

When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.

Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

I was a very shy child.

Normally, I'm so shy.