“ Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ 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… Joseph Heller
“ 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… Alfred Tennyson
“ 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… C. JoyBell C.
“ 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. Owen Gingerich
“ 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… John Updike
“ 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. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. Saadi
“ 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… John Updike
“ 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… Robert Anton Wilson
“ 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 Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ 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. L.M. Montgomery
“ 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… Alexandra Robbins
