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Quotes About Inhibition

No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out.
~ B. F. Skinner
No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out.
~ B.F. Skinner
I was kind of shy about telling people that I could rap for the longest.
~ Megan Thee Stallion
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.
~ Karl Abraham
There is so many good ideas that are left on the shelf of people going, 'I've kind of great idea, but I just - I'm afraid.' Out of fear. Fear blocks all of that it's a false fear.
~ Mike Lindell
Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.
~ John Gielgud
Couldn't dance because it would awaken carnal desire, which in my case was not only awake, it was dressed and down on the corner waiting for the bus.
~ Garrison Keillor
I would if I could …I think… but I can't …she. ..I… have made sure of that
~ Garth Nix
Lack of courage often hinders us from accomplishing the positive things that we would like to do.
~ Gary Chapman
Raoul suffered, for she was very beautiful and he was shy and he dared not confess his love, even to himself.
~ Gaston Leroux
I find myself crying unabashedly, then I try to suck it in, realizing this is inappropriate.
~ Gene Kranz
She had learned from Jack, much to her surprise, that she could not make her face express anger or scorn by merely feeling angry or scornful.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Notions and scruples were like spilt needles, making one afraid of treading, or sitting down, or even eating.
~ George Eliot
The two most wonderful things in life are money and sex, but the minute you start discussing them, they become b-o-r-i-n-g.
~ Rosamunde Pilcher
We are all frightened now. No one says anything public without looking over their shoulder and wondering, Have I said something wrong? Am I going to get in trouble?
~ David Baddiel
One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
~ Samuel Johnson
I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'
~ Scott Adams
I can't work out in front of so many people, that's why I don't go to gym.
~ Shehnaaz Gill
Most women experience issues of power and sexuality, but very few women talk about it. There's the threat of the loss of approval.
~ Janet Fitch
Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it.
~ Rita Moreno
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
~ Rachel Weisz
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.
~ Maxwell Maltz
I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.
~ Danny Aiello
I think it inhibits a guy's development when he's simply handed minutes and doesn't have to do anything to earn them, and thus, there's no reason to work harder or change the way you play.
~ Stan Van Gundy