Chris Bauer Quotes

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow.

Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity.

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

I'm very insecure.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

I'm not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger', and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

I always think that I've embarrassed myself.

Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

When I first met Alan, I was absolutely terrified. I was 19, he was Alan Rickman, and he's got that voice, and I remember meeting him in the hair and make-up trailer and thinking, 'I'm going to die. He thinks I'm rubbish. Why am I here?'

Countries are like adolescent entering a dance ... they're sure everybody is thinking about nothing but their inadequacies.