Sheepishness Quotes & Sayings

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades. — Alicia Keys

I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have helped to make anthropology what it is at the present time. — Franz Boas

For what can give a finer example of that frankness and manly self- confidence which our great public schools, and none of them so much as Eton, are supposed to inspire, of that buoyant ease in holding up one's head, speaking out what is in one's mind, and flinging off all sheepishness and awkwardness, than to see an Eton assistant-master offering in fact himself as evidence that to combine boarding-house- keeping with teaching is a good thing, and his brother as evidence that to train and race little boys for competitive examinations is a good thing? — Matthew Arnold

A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality. — Yoko Ono

You ironically have to have a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego. You need to struggle with the rules more than a bit before you throw them out. You only internalize values by butting up against external values for a while. — Richard Rohr

He took a breath. "My future wife's in the police...

"Wait, wait, wait. How long have you been going out with this woman?"

Luca cleared his throat again, this time with deserved sheepishness. "We met yesterday. — Billy London

It may be that Satan has little cause to fear most preaching. Yet past experiences sting him to rally all his infernal army to fight against God's people praying. — Leonard Ravenhill

Difficult trainers were the ones most willing to take a chance with a green jockey, and Bill Chandler was a prince compared to Otto Laing. — Bev Pettersen

Mr. Rohan," she said awkwardly, "I wish I could be a proper hostess and show you to the parlor and offer refreshments. But I don't have refreshments. I really don't even have a parlor. Please excuse me for sounding rude, but this isn't a good time to call - "
"I can help you." He leaned a shoulder against the wall, smiling. "I'm good with my hands. — Lisa Kleypas

A man may talk inspiringly to a woman about love in the abstract
but the look in his eyes is always perfectly concrete. — Helen Rowland

I think about you all the time. Where you are, what you're doing, why I'm not with you. I go to Verde on Sundays because two days without seeing you is two days too long. — Viv Daniels

She could move Audie, who felt as though he was staring into the depths of a well. All he had to do was fall. — Michael Robotham

Some people think it's wrong, being single isn't right. But if you hurt the right person, you'll be wrong all your life. — Tyga

It's true we all build imaginary prisons for ourselves. Believe that we are trapped behind the invisible bars of the lives we have somehow carelessly constructed for ourselves, despite our youthful promises to ourselves. We see adults who are stagnant and miserable as we grow up. They graffiti the walls behind them with their mistakes and we swear secret oaths that we will heed those warnings. We're much too clever, we know all the shortcuts and the back alleys. — Thomas Lloyd Qualls

How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies? What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force? There are so many answers and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily. — W.E.B. Du Bois

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could? — Sara Sheridan

I've grown old with this century; there's not much left of either of us. — Penelope Lively