Mary Lynn Rajskub Quotes

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

It's taken me a long time to work out what people are thinking and what they're expecting. I am naturally solitary, and I'm comfortable with that.

Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.

When you hang out with yourself, you learn to keep yourself in check.

I better be humble. I'm always checking myself.

It takes me a while to come out of myself and get to know people.

This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

I just talk a lot, that's the problem.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

I tend not to be someone who's on all the time, or is always trying to make other people laugh.