Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.
Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.
A poor but confident man is as hard to find as a rich but shy man.
A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites.
And down I went to fetch my bride:But, Alice, you were ill at ease;This dress and that by turns you tried,Too fearful that you should not please.I loved you better for your fears,I knew you could not...
Of people that hold an opinion that is popular and that makes them look good: I cannot take your opinions seriously. If you are of a persuasion that is popular and that makes you look like a better pe...
Nobody would have anything to do with him. He began to drop things and to trip. He had a shy and hopeful manner in each new contact, and he was always disappointed. Because he NEEDED a friend so despe...
Self consciousness is the ultimate wisdom of life.
The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug it as it were to one side does self-consciousness dissolve and slee...
Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.
You must live a life of self-consciousness always
Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith or a secular Ideology (Ideologies are the modern form of Fait...
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
Well, it all comes to this, there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is to live in our own.
One quick glance in the mirror is enough for a lifetime.
To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.
It was a relief to inhabit someone else's life for a while, to get her personal issues for a brief respite. In a play, she knew exactly how all her character's problems would be resolved. No matter ho...
When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment
On being conscious of being a writer: As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanima...
My waist is a 30. The jeans are a 28. When I fart, the Reeboks blow off.
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