Whitney Cummings Quotes

I'd always used humour as a weapon, as a protection. But being able to make people laugh is a way of not getting in too deep; it's a quick, transient fix.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

By keeping her heart protected, she'll never ever feel rejected.

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.

I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.

I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable.

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.

People choose to shut themselves off and build a load of defense mechanisms and not let anybody in because it's easier that way. You don't get hurt, and there's less risk involved if you build this hard shell.

I did have an emo phase. It was sort of like armor for me.

I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!

I'm very emotional. That's why I wear shades a lot.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

When you're an insecure teenager, you build walls and defenses and masks, and those are incredibly satisfying to perform and chip away at. I mean, when I was an insecure teenager, you'd have had no idea what I was insecure about because I hid it so well. Only confident people are comfortable wearing their vulnerabilities on their sleeve.

I am assuming my father learned at an early age that there is nothing more dangerous than showing your true self. I think a lot of us learn that, and it actually may be true.

I moved around so much when I was younger that I sort of had to have this type of exterior; you know, I was afraid of getting hurt.

You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.

I'm a little bit tough because I can't afford to get my heart broken.

Like everyone in high school, like everyone in life, we all have this outer layer we put up to protect ourselves.

I've figured out over the years, you can only hurt me if I love you; if I don't know you, I really don't care.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

Hiding behind a tougher outer image as a teenager feels cooler and safer compared to admitting, perhaps, that you're the very opposite.