Introvert Quotations

I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'

Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed by too much of it, which explains why the introvert is ready to leave a party after an hour and the extravert gains steam as the night goes on.

I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point?

I was a bit of an introvert growing up, and I tended to do better in math and science at school, so I went with it.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!

When an introvert is quiet, don't assume he is depressed, snobbish or socially deficient.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

My mother was an introvert and quite religious. And we were brought up in the church. And when she learned that I wanted to act, she simply said: 'You cannot live here and do that.'

I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

I would admit Im an introvert. I dont know why introverts have to apologize.

I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.

Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert.

I'm continually amazed by how many people who appear to be extroverts are actually introverts.

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

I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.

E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.

The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

People empty me. I have to get away to refill.

Im a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world.

Art starts alone - and convinces society later.

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

I'm an introvert at heart, ... And show business -- even though I've loved it so much -- has always been hard for me.

As evidenced during my failed audition, I'm a thorough introvert who would completely hate living in a 'Real World' house. I would have taken my Ikea comforter to the confessional room and never come out.

I think I'm a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.

I think the best thing I have is the introvert's ability to listen when you're working on something as complicated as this and you have to really be aware of everyone's specialized skills.

I'm an introvert. Introverts have a huge advantage over extroverts. We can create a mission and we can act on it.

Loneliness is failed solitude.

I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.

I enjoy the quiet life.

In terms of, like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.

Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.

Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

Extroverts are more attuned to social rewards, so they are more likely to flash a smile for effect. A notable exception are introverts - like me - whom I call "socially accessible" introverts. We have been trained well to smile and nod, which can place a burden on our processing efforts.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment.

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

Introverts process information internally, and we don't like to express our thoughts until they are fully formed.

Extroverts are more responsive to high-intensity and "happy" stimuli, which may be why an extrovert gets frustrated at the less "readable" face of the introvert.

Introverts are generally more sensitive to low-intensity stimuli - they are mentally alerted to inputs that extroverts may miss.

Some findings reveal extroverts as more adept at reading nonverbal cues, and attribute this to the extrovert's greater interest and experience with social interactions. Another line of research using subliminal images of facial emotion found introverts to be more sensitive to the differences, and hypothesized that this may be why introverts regulate the amount of incoming social information.

When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.

He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

Inside was where she lived, physically and mentally. She resided in the horn of plenty of her own prodigious mind, fertilized by inexhaustible curiosity.

Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.

Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.

Everyone shines, given the right lighting.

Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

I think a lot, but I don't say much.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who, with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within. But let us not imagine there is anything grand about the introvert's unhappiness.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.

They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves