Quotes About Insecurity

This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be.

Terrorists do not engage in terror attacks because they are strong. They engage in these attacks because they are weak.

Even just a little bit of praise can weaken you.

There's a plain girl in everybody.

My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to school where it was cold, it smelled, the lighting was bad.

I had the feeling every time I was on a plane everyone was going to die. It was a horrible phobia. A stupid one.

I hate planes.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

I can't help the way I look. What am I supposed to do, put a plastic bag over my head?

We live in a very insecure world with a very insecure communications platform.

I still don't really feel like a bass player.

There's a lot of charming bigs. I don't know if it's like the fat kid on the playground or what.

I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.

I never wanted to be a playwright.

I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth.

It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.

As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents.

If anything, I want to please people too much.

I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.

When I read out loud in class, it was a joy for everyone else because I would mispronounce things so badly. I used to try to count how many people were in front of me and then work out which paragraph I would have to read out and start trying to learn it. And I would sit there thinking, 'Please let the bell go so that it doesn't get round to me.'

Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.

I can sing, but I don't know how pleasing it is to the ear, you know.