Quotes About Introversion

I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other.

I do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before.

Non vorrei mai offendere nessuno, ma sono così stupidamente timido che spesso sembro freddo e indifferente mentre invece sono trattenuto soltanto dalla mia goffaggine naturale.

She had never liked those kinds of parties, or truthfully, any parties at all. She was much better on a one-on-one basis, or with small groups of people she knew well and felt comfortable with. Much

Mirabel was very shy. She'd always been that way.

A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.

When I was a little girl, I was incredibly shy. My hope was to blend in, to fit in, to not be noticed in any significant way. I was deeply insecure and unsure of myself.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!

Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in any case, I never became a talkative person. As an adult, I am not always comfortable in social gatherings with small talk. I must have inherited my father's gentle nature.

I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

I've always felt happy in my own company. It's only when I get around other people that things get sticky.

I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.

Originally, technology was pretty clearly on the side of introversion. It allowed introverts to connect with people, to express their ideas in a less stimulating way: you're sitting alone behind a computer. But I'm starting to think that the pressure to self-present constantly online is becoming so extreme.

Outside stimulation makes me nervous!

I've been stopped a few times by people who want to say, 'Hi.' But I'm an introverted person, and the idea that I'd have to talk to people all the time seems a little overwhelming.

I have days where the only words I say are to the person making my sandwich at the grocery store.

I am a shy man. I can't call a stranger and talk.

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

Sometimes I don't want to stand around a room full of strangers, chitchatting about nothing, so I'll come late to a party - and leave early. Though now that I'm saying this in a magazine, I'll probably never be invited to another one.

When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty shy guy.