George McGovern Quotes

I am shy - going to parties kills me.

I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.

I'm terribly, horribly shy.

I was nervous to even talk to other kids in my class. I would hide in my room when my parents had people over.

There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.

I get shy. I think that's in any situation.

I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.

I'm super shy, especially at parties.

I'm painfully shy.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

I'm awkward around girls.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I have a fear of being boring.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.