Mo Collins Quotes

One of the best ways to deal with the peer pressure of the 'Fear of Missing Out' is to opt-out whenever possible.

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down.

You don't have to be the cool party guy, getting everyone's attention.

All my life - middle school, high school - I've always been worried what are people going to think.

Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn't attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool.

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

In junior high, I really wanted to be popular. Suddenly there were parties with boys, and I wanted to be part of that. There was a group of girls, and I wanted to be friends with them.

Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone else did.

I want to do well and I want to fit in.

I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance based on what my peers would think. And cliques, oh my God, the worst. The worst!

Don't give in to all the cliques and popularity. It means nothing. I know super popular guys, and guess what? They're just normal people, too.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me.

Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.