Reservedness Quotes

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

Nothing is sometimes the right thing to say.

I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me.

I am reserved; I don't speak much.

I'm a bit shy, I suppose, and a bit lazy.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

I am not a vivacious person in real. I hate smiling. I hate doing small talk.

I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

I've come to the realization that if I don't feel like sharing, then I'm just not going to share. But I'm not going to go out of my way to mislead people or keep them at a distance, because that doesn't really get me anywhere either.

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

I had a fairly regular childhood. I was a pretty boring kid. I didn't do much. I was always thinking, but I didn't really say a lot.

I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?

Abraham Lincoln is the most shut-mouthed man who ever lived. He always tells only enough of his plans and purpose to induce the belief that he had communicated all.

I don't talk a lot.

I never made any public statements. At least, I tried never to make any public statements.

I don't walk around saying everything is going to be wonderful.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

I simply value Arthur Capel friendship. And even so, he knows very little about me.

Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share.

I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.

I'm shy and open up to very few people.