Quotes of Retiring - somelinesforyou

“ The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring. ”

- Milton Berle

“ Customers haven't been shy about giving us their opinion. ”

- Charles Phillips

“ It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it. ”

- Dave Barry

“ Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do. ”

- Damon Hill

“ Miss Child is never bashful with butter. ”

- Phil Donahue

“ He lies and his plaintive weakness is exhaled in timid murmurs. ”

- Victor Serge

“ Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy — it won't come out while you're watching. ”

- Tennessee Williams

“ The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at heart. ”

- J. B. Priestley

“ Steals timidly away, Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray. ”

- Thomas Moore

“ It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you… ”

- Robert Solow

“ In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities. ”

- John Carpenter

“ Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice… ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities. ”

- G. K. Chesterton

“ Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast. ”

- George William Russell

“ If you're timid in your candidacy, you're going to be timid in your presidency and that's not why I want to be president. ”

- Bill Bradley

“ It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action. ”

- Lin Yutang

“ Heaven, no. I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness. ”

- Lucille Ball

“ Resignation is the timid sign of courage. ”

- William Somerset Maugham

“ And softly through the altered airHurries a timid leaf. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China. ”

- Victoria Billings

“ People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong. ”

- Diane Sawyer

“ My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. ”

- Nigel Dennis

“ I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try to get my cousins out of trouble by using my body. That was definitely acting. ”

- Jessica Simpson

“ Thou unassuming commonplaceOf Nature. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. ”

- Al Pacino

“ The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people. ”

- Roger Moore

“ The fact of the matter is that we are facing a small group of bitter-enders who are basically trying turn the tide of history. ”

- Paul Bremer

“ I think I think, therefore, I think I am. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Writing is not a craft for the timid. ”

- Greg Evans
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