Quotes about Awkward

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. Votes: 4

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. Votes: 4

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. Votes: 3

I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood. Votes: 3

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend. Votes: 3

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward. Votes: 3

Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive. Votes: 3

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance. Votes: 3

Everyone has a childhood, everyone had awkward years and weird stages. Mine were broadcast for eight years. Votes: 3

Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them. Votes: 3

Foxy girls know that silence may be golden-but only for four seconds. Anything longer and you're heading for Awkward Avenue. Votes: 3

Awkward Black Girl' is spreading to all the right people because of word of mouth and social networks. I'm so grateful. Votes: 3

The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward. Votes: 3

I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. Votes: 3

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward. Votes: 3

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. Votes: 3

The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much. Votes: 3

Doing love scenes is always awkward. I mean, it's just not a normal thing to go to work and lay in bed with your co-worker. Votes: 3

Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing. Votes: 3

Awkward silences rule the world. People are so terrified of awkward silences that they will literally go to war rather than face an awkward silence. Votes: 3

Maybe I should ask Awkward if it wanted to go to the masquerade with me since lately we seemed to be spending so much time together. Votes: 3

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards. Votes: 3

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives. Votes: 3

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar. Votes: 3

I wanted to do a movie about being really good at something, yet being socially awkward and not as advanced in your personal life as you are in your creative life. Votes: 3

Awkward.That's exactly how it was when we walked over to our sister and stood on each side of her, looking at her and feeling things and not knowing what to do. Votes: 3

I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes. Votes: 3

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance. Votes: 3

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. Votes: 3

I'm sort of a reverse Method actor. In my personal life, I become my characters. After 'One Tree Hill', I started dressing in Converse and ripped jeans and hoodies. On 'Awkward', it manifests in how I speak. Votes: 3

Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects. Votes: 3

Just as I lay back, she sat up. I sat up, and she flopped back down. Awkward. That was my every move when it came to her. Now we were both lying down, staring up at the blue sky. Votes: 3

I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If 'Awkward Black Girl' could make it to HBO starring a dark-skinned black girl, that would be revolutionary. Votes: 3

It's awkward: Here you are with most of your clothes off in bed with this person who you've really just met. You're strangers to each other's bodies and you're coming together for the first time in front of all these people. Votes: 3

What is a fine person or a beauteous face, Unless deportment give them decent grace; Blessed with all other requisites to please, To want the striking elegance of ease; Awkward, embarrassed, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully, or standing still. Votes: 3

With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh. Votes: 3

Awkward gestures, clumsy gestures, fist pumps. I just do whatever I feel like is right in the moment. If I need to be hyped, I'm hyped. If I need to talk to myself, I talk to myself. Whatever it takes to win, I'm going to do it. Votes: 3

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it. Votes: 3

I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human. Votes: 3

Understand yourself first to understand others. Votes: 1

She had the most beautiful awkwardness Votes: 1

Don't get stabbed. It makes everything awkward. Votes: 1

It's only awkward if you let it be. Votes: 1

I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases. Votes: 1

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward. Votes: 1

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces. Votes: 1

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward. Votes: 1

Sometimes the silence is the loudest thing in the room. Votes: 1

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. Votes: 1

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup. Votes: 1

...within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant. Votes: 1

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward. Votes: 1

My life is not so much a life, as a series of awkwardnesses. Votes: 1

The last shall not become the first if the last is lagging behind. Votes: 1

This might make for an awkward situation. I have a talent for awkward situations. Votes: 1

I know my life is full of awkward pauses, and I think it's hilarious. Votes: 1

The Black Pit of Despair is temporarily closed for renovations. We apologize for any inconvenience. Votes: 1

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman. Votes: 1

I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them. Votes: 1

My tendency to make awkward situations even more ininappropriate and uncomfortable was such a charming characteristic. Votes: 1

I once winked at a Cyclops, and then immediately felt awkward as she kept blinking at me. Votes: 1

No, for God's sake, I'm not bloody suicidal. And I'm not proposing, either. Forget I said anything. Votes: 1

I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school. Votes: 1

No one else needed to do this. No one else needed lessons on how to be a person. Votes: 1

I had a fucking standing ovation going on in my goddamn pants, and it was demanding an encore. Votes: 1

Fine! You guys can all be beautiful snowflakes! I'm gonna go over here and be an awkward snowflake! Votes: 1

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It's so awkward. It looks so cheesy. Votes: 1

Give me everything you have," I told [Preston]."Really, Cammie. I never knew you thought of me that way. Votes: 1

She's been used to hiding her feelings for so long, no wonder her manner can be a little awkward. Votes: 1

It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid. Votes: 1

If I had seen pictures of people eating each other on the wall, I would've told him I was into cannibalism. Votes: 1

I talked to him on Christmas, and again on March 5th. Neither one of us hung up the phone that whole time. Votes: 1

That awkward moment when you realize someone was actually home the whole time you were singing on the tops of your lungs. Votes: 1

It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. Votes: 1

Standing in the line at the food court, I try to be myself. But I forget how I usually stand when I'm myself. Votes: 1

I mean, we're ninjas.""Well maybe you're a ninja," I said"You're just a really loud, awkward ninja," Margo said, "but we are both ninjas. Votes: 1

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you. Votes: 1

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen. Votes: 1

I hated puberty. It had been that horrible stage from child hood, to pre teen, and my stage from ugly, to ugly with menstrual cramps. Votes: 1

If you think people in your life are normal, then you undoubtedly have not spent any time getting to know the abnormal side of them. Votes: 1

I like awkward moments. They are full of tension and suspense. Anything's possible or, at the very least, they are the source of some electric sizzle. Votes: 1

Here's the thing. Math and I broke up two years ago, and now whenever we get together it's just weird and awkward for both of us. Votes: 1

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness. Votes: 1

Word of advice for any young man that might want to take out Malia or Sasha Obama - Their father can order an assassination, don't piss him off. Votes: 1

I'm not that good looking. That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But if someone like me uses it, it's funny. Votes: 1

Let us embrace each other like we have the arms of two chairs. Let us dance like our legs are those of a table. We should do dinner sometime. Votes: 1

Don't you ever have conversations where someone took a wrong turn at some point, and then it goes on and on and it becomes too late to put things right? Votes: 1

I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are.' Votes: 1

He pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus. Votes: 1

He described the experience as being 'a little bit less fun, perhaps, than chain-smoking for ninety minutes while handcuffed to a dowager with asthma who used to teach Health and smells incontinent. Votes: 1

Don't be special." That's what I would say to my younger self if I could pinpoint the moment when I went astray. But there was no one moment. I was always astray Votes: 1

No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are. Votes: 1

Some people tend to throw your love to the dogs when you become totally submissive to them, but when you want to get out of the heat, they pull you back into the kitchen. Votes: 1

Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it. Votes: 1

I'm usually a bit awkward in houses that I haven't been to before, so it's a way to not look weird. If I find something I've read before it automatically makes me more comfortable. Votes: 1

At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible and doesn't make sense, and we just keep working on it. Votes: 1

Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs. Votes: 1

I won't discuss non-discussable things with her, like the sound of silence or the vertical dimensions of an awkward moment. Those sorts of things are best left unsaid, like the last time I told her I loved her. Votes: 1

When a child reaches puberty, parents become so curious about their sex lives and whereabouts, put them behind bars to their own detriment. When such a child breaks free, don't be surprised to see him/her in porn movies. Votes: 1

They were actually sitting at a table, like two old friends, not like the hunterand the hunted. And it wasn't especially awkward. They were comfortable together,despite the fact that she'd hit him with a bus. Maybe his scheme would work. Votes: 1

We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs. Votes: 1

When I was in my early twenties I didn't have a need to rub together, back when my life was a series of wants and whims. But recently I had felt overwhelmed by longings that seemed to lunge out of me in the most awkward situations. Votes: 1

It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it. Votes: 1

In junior high P.E., I was way too shy to take a shower in front of the other kids. It was a horribly awkward time - body hair, odors... So I'd go from my sweaty shirt back into my regular clothes and have to continue the day. Votes: 1

I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny and wry and every scene he's in he just takes. There's a scene in 'Eclipse' where Bella tells him she's a virgin, and it's the funniest, most awkward scene I've ever seen on film. Votes: 1

Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people."She nodded. "And so...hypothetically, if these to people likes each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?""Oh..." I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows-slow, dumb, and bright red. "Um... Votes: 1

I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team. Votes: 1

Partly James was jealous because he was a virgin, but mostly it just felt really weird being in a room with two people who'd spent the night having sex. It reminded him of the feeling you get when you pull a hair off your tongue and realise it's not one of your own. Votes: 1

I was just about to open the door, when it opened up right in front of me. And there stood my parents. Is there a word for that moment when two parties are so equally shocked to see each other given the circumstances that all they can do is stare at each other, openmouthed? Votes: 1

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself. Votes: 1

I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time. Votes: 1

The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days. Votes: 1

I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary. Votes: 1

The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that's the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn't be this awkward situation. It should be that we're there, having a great time. Votes: 1

I'm awkward around girls. Votes: 0

Kids have awkward moments. Votes: 0

I was an awkward kid. Votes: 0

I always made an awkward bow. Votes: 0

Weave sex is a little awkward. Votes: 0

I'm very shy, I feel very awkward. Votes: 0

I am a socially awkward mandork. (Nick) Votes: 0

I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward. Votes: 0

Everybody loves you because you are brilliantly awkward. Votes: 0

The existence of other people is essentially awkward. Votes: 0

In England we are sort of very awkward. Votes: 0

I was that 'awkward-didn't-understand-his body-kind of-uncomfortable teen.' Votes: 0

Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies... Votes: 0

My awkward stage extended well into high school. Votes: 0

Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird. Votes: 0

'Tis an awkward thing to play with souls. Votes: 0

I never had any awkward situations with Shah Rukh. Votes: 0

My level of awkward makes everyone else feel normal Votes: 0

It is really awkward to see myself on screen. Votes: 0

The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times. Votes: 0

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time. Votes: 0

That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered. Votes: 0

Sometimes you need to be awkward to beat awkwardness Votes: 0

Art is awkward until technique has become an unconscious habit. Votes: 0

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. Votes: 0

The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses. Votes: 0

When I first filmed things, they were always slightly awkward. Votes: 0

It's awkward doing it with anybody, but it's like Twister. Votes: 0

It was epic. It was awkward. It was epically awkward. Votes: 0

Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward. Votes: 0

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention. Votes: 0

The teenage years are ridiculously crucial and hard and, um, awkward. Votes: 0

I don't know, I'm literally the most awkward, socially strange person. Votes: 0

I'm a loner. I like to be alone. I'm socially awkward. Votes: 0

There was an awkward silenceUntil I throw a rock at it Votes: 0

There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence. Votes: 0

What's more awkward than doing a shower scene? Rehearsing a shower scene. Votes: 0

At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. Votes: 0

Buggery was invented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cocktails. Votes: 0

I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school. Votes: 0

Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward. Votes: 0

I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward. Votes: 0

I would feel a little awkward because of my connection with politics. Votes: 0

If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away. Votes: 0

Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party. Votes: 0

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still. Votes: 0

Whats more awkward than doing a shower scene? Rehearsing a shower scene. Votes: 0

Life can be awkward at times. It is part of the growing process. Votes: 0

They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other. Votes: 0

The worst thing is when a guy just looks awkward. It's not attractive. Votes: 0

The awkward moment when Santa accidentally leaves the price tag on your present. Votes: 0

How do you know that I'm out of control? Maybe I'm just awkward. Votes: 0

I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men. Votes: 0

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. Votes: 0

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent. Votes: 0

Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript Votes: 0

It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing. Votes: 0

Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach. Votes: 0

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages. Votes: 0

We change and it's uncomfortable. We flow for a time and then it's awkward. Votes: 0

There's always something that happens where I go, 'Oh, that was so awkward!' Votes: 0

Some people would believe anything, especially if it eliminates awkward social and political problems. Votes: 0

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward. Votes: 0

I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations. Votes: 0

I always thought I was sort of awkward and goofy-looking. I'm still kind of gangly. Votes: 0

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer. Votes: 0

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. Votes: 0

I don't care if I'm cool or not. I've always been an awkward person anyway. Votes: 0

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do. Votes: 0

I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say. Votes: 0

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting. Votes: 0

You are an alchemist who can turn six beers into an awkward three week relationship. Votes: 0

It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me. Votes: 0

Order is never observed it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive Votes: 0

My life is an awkward visit from the kid's table while awaiting a History Channel special. Votes: 0

There is nothing more awkward and more laughable than a naked dude with his wiener flopping. Votes: 0

I'm a bad dater. I'm the most socially awkward person, like carrying on conversations and stuff. Votes: 0

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice. Votes: 0

The nourishment of Cezanne's awkward apples is in the tenderness and alertness they awaken inside us. Votes: 0

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself. Votes: 0

I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl. Votes: 0

It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man. Votes: 0

And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it. Votes: 0

If something can be said to make an awkward moment even worse, I'm going to say it. Votes: 0

It would be a bit awkward to be with a girlfriend who didn't love what you do. Votes: 0

It's always a little nerve-wracking to do a love scene, more than anything because it's just awkward. Votes: 0

So much depends not on how awkward destiny is, but rather on how openly it is embraced. Votes: 0

Everyone feels awkward, everyone feels uncomfortable, everyone gets older, everyone gets lonely, everyone gets sick, everyone eventually dies. Votes: 0

You killed my Dad." Any trace of kindness or sympathy vanished from Rixon's eyes. "Well this is awkward. Votes: 0

I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward. Votes: 0

I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. Votes: 0

I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with. Votes: 0

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it. Votes: 0

Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new. Votes: 0

How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris Votes: 0

I find it really awkward to do a scene where I'm supposed to seem like I'm in love. Votes: 0

I'm very quiet. I can go a whole week without talking, so doing interviews is really awkward for me! Votes: 0

When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward. Votes: 0

I never considered myself to be special. If anything, I considered myself to be awkward, and still do sometimes. Votes: 0

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me. Votes: 0

Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies. It creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation. Votes: 0

I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you. Votes: 0

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc. Votes: 0

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments. Votes: 0

Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward. Votes: 0

Isn't it very awkward how disrespectful people tend to be the same ones to desperately demand respect from others? Votes: 0

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally." Votes: 0

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating. Votes: 0

I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable. Votes: 0

Nature was quick to pass the sponge of her deluges over these awkward sketches (dinosaurs), these first nightmares of Life. Votes: 0

Abortion is the easy way out. It's hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations. Votes: 0

Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoes. Votes: 0

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally. Votes: 0

I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation. Votes: 0

He's my usual type of fan... a school shooter who didn't have bullets and now he's all awkward and alone. Votes: 0

After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other. Votes: 0

I've always been a geek and slightly awkward… slightly umm… I was never the cool kid at school. Votes: 0

It was rather awkward, insofar as we were both teetering between the possibility of something and the possibility of nothing. Votes: 0

In the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting. Votes: 0

I suffered when I was in my late twenties and early thirties. I was awkward, I stuck out, I was nerdy. Votes: 0

I found college awkward: another teacher, same old chalkboard. I felt I was shifting backward, when I expected to shoot forward. Votes: 0

i would say it was nice to meet you, but the fact is it wasnt. in fact, it was quite awkward. Votes: 0

I'm very awkward when I have time off. I don't know what to do with myself. It's weird not to work. Votes: 0

As awkward as it sounds. I'm not Shane Larkin, Barry Larkin's son, anymore. It's Barry Larkin, the father of Shane Larkin. Votes: 0

I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and... and j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen Votes: 0

There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, then all at once it gets awkward. Votes: 0

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. Votes: 0

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool. Votes: 0

It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated. Votes: 0

In Mississippi, you don’t admit that you’re gay. It’s just an awkward thing down South, which is sad. Votes: 0

I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all. Votes: 0

I think kissing scenes always feel awkward but there's just no way around it. But it's a part of the job. Votes: 0

I'm as awkward as it gets, dude, but I embrace the awkward! I embrace the awkward and make everyone else feel awkward Votes: 0

People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly. Votes: 0

Kissing scenes with a boy or a girl, they're awkward. There's nothing sexy about it. There's a lot of people standing around. Votes: 0

If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward. Votes: 0

Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward. Votes: 0

Keep my planets in orbit, Never forfeit or quit, Move forward... I talk with the awkward slang, I walk with the Wu-Tang. Votes: 0

Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward. Votes: 0

The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work. Votes: 0

No matter what I do with my life, or how successful I am, I will always be a socially awkward penguin inside. Votes: 0

Asking others for input puts you in the driver's seat, and may feel less awkward than having to watch yourself on video. Votes: 0

It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else's house. Votes: 0

What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences. Votes: 0

Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. Votes: 0

Feminism is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isnt it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldnt it? Votes: 0

Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural. Votes: 0

That's why 'Gangnam Style' works. If someone handsome uses that phrase it's just awkward. But if someone like me uses it, it's funny. Votes: 0

I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that's natural and that's real. Votes: 0

One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger. Votes: 0

Writing novels reminds me of being an awkward 15-year-old typing on a Commodore 64 in his bedroom, trying to be the next Stephen King. Votes: 0

I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has. Votes: 0

I always felt awkward and unfinished, unworthy of love, suspicious of affection offered. My mother's absence became a great presence in my life. Votes: 0

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing. Votes: 0

There was one awkward moment where a black man stood-up to ask a question and out of habit, Bush said 'Clemency denied.' Votes: 0

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig. Votes: 0

We were in an awkward position against Yugoslavia in that in order to win we needed to score more goals than they did. Votes: 0

It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward. Votes: 0

Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I cant imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building. Votes: 0

Enchantment and seduction were fine means of persuasion, but when time is short, an awkward but quick concussion could better serve a girl's purpose. Votes: 0

I'm kinda stuck in that awkward in-between stage where my hair is just starting to fall out, but I'm still maintaining my youthful acne. Votes: 0

I was chubby and awkward, and the only way I could really meet girls was to join children's theater, so that's what I did. Votes: 0

May I suggest a drinking game where everytime I do a ridiculously long awkward blink, someone does a shot of some kind of alcohol? Votes: 0

Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary. Votes: 0

I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to like me. Votes: 0

They say that God is in the details. Then again, they also say that the Devil is in the details. Boy, talk about awkward... Votes: 0

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. Votes: 0

I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race. Votes: 0

Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad. Votes: 0

I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much - and its big, awkward, sprawling people. Votes: 0

Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason. Votes: 0

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted. Votes: 0

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. There's love and emotion trying to express itself, but at the time, it just ends up being awkward. Votes: 0

I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not learning job skills. Votes: 0

Now I'm in the business and I do have to have these awkward conversations about how I look, how I talk. But I'm still here. Votes: 0

For everyone I know who is a writer, there was some awkward time in their lives when they had to learn to call themselves one. Votes: 0

It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil. Votes: 0

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places. Votes: 0

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances. Votes: 0

Well, in pharmacology, if the effect is local, it's of course absolutely awkward to use it in any other way than as a local treatment. Votes: 0

Stay naked as much as possible, but do not impose your orgiastic will on others. Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward. Votes: 0

I'm almost 40, so it's an awkward time in my career. You kind of hope it comes through and, if not, I'll be a waiter. Awesome. Votes: 0

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do. Votes: 0

Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium. Votes: 0

Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself; the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions ... Votes: 0

I like working with people I know. It saves a lot of awkward conversations and getting-to-know-you kinda moments. You trust the people if you know them. Votes: 0

If you take 'Cheers' and 'Seinfeld' and watch the early shows, they're kind of awkward. It took a while for the writers and everything to gel. Votes: 0

Si's beard is really awkward. One side is longer than the other, and it's about three different colors. I don't think he washes it. It's nasty. Votes: 0

Being injured is quite an awkward situation to be in mentally. Physically, it's quite good to have a bit of a rest, but mentally it's hell. Votes: 0

I'm too awkward to date, I think. I'm kind of all or nothing, you know? Either put a baby inside of me or leave me alone. Votes: 0

The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward. Votes: 0

My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just hard to look at. Votes: 0

I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny. Votes: 0

Vladimir Putin celebrated his 63rd birthday today. He had a nice party, but it got awkward when two of his friends got him the same country. Votes: 0

I've always boxed a certain way. But with Rocky, the character himself had to be kind of awkward. So I had to learn to fight that way. Votes: 0

I love the gym, but I still want to look a bit awkward at it. I don't want to look too on top of it, you know? Votes: 0

I used to have an afro like Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro. It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall and awkward. I was not cool. Votes: 0

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly. Votes: 0

They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we don't know what. Votes: 0

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none. Votes: 0

As far as rapprochements go, it's awkward and vague, but the advantage of being as emotionally inarticulate as we are is that it will do the trick. Votes: 0

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer. Votes: 0

It's a little awkward to know that the world is going to see you and your mom argue about stupid things and watch me get grounded...again. Votes: 0

Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally as thankless as herding cats Votes: 0

I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality. Votes: 0

Don't be an extra in your own movie. Move out of your comfort zone. Don't be afraid of feeling uncomfortable or awkward. Step-out and make it happen. Votes: 0

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer. Votes: 0

Love can make the difference-love generously given in childhood and reaching through the awkward years of youth . . . and encouragement that is quick to compliment and slow to criticize Votes: 0

These are pictures of the people in my family where we look like the most awkward and desperate folk you ever saw, poster children for the human condition. Votes: 0

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech. Votes: 0

Dads are awkward because they're older guys who aren't cool anymore and are figuring out who they are, and they often make bad choices in fashion and music. Votes: 0

Nudity was an inconvenient but unavoidable part of pack life. We'�d all thought nothing of it before Leah came along. Then it got awkward. - Jacob Black Votes: 0

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward. Votes: 0

The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. Votes: 0

Whenever you're starting a new show, you have these awkward first lunches and meetings that are sort of mandatory, and everybody shows up, but nobody knows each other. Votes: 0

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self. Votes: 0

Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We're more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world on the stage. Votes: 0

Just to have the confidence to say, "Which end of that spectrum am I usually on?" That's been very helpful to me. Because it's a really awkward setting. Votes: 0

Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image. Votes: 0

There is that small chance I'll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic and passionate as me. Votes: 0

We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've just never had to practise it. Votes: 0

I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years. Votes: 0

Recently, I dreamed that I returned home to find my wife had married Ray Winstone. They were kind and let me stay, but the whole thing was awkward. Votes: 0

I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone. Votes: 0

It is remarkable what fine hands men of genius write, even when they are as awkward in all other uses of the hand as a cow with a musket. Votes: 0

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders. Votes: 0

I was a very awkward high schooler, especially in early high school. I had the middle part with a swoop, all that. It was the late ’90s! Votes: 0

Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for Lent. We'll start again on Monday.' Votes: 0

I love how you aren't weird and awkward, despite the fact that you've been severely cut off from socialization to the point where you make the Amish look trendy. Votes: 0

We had fun just messing around and being awkward like they would be awkward. There's always that stage in a friendship when you wonder whether it could be more. Votes: 0

If Christians were Christians, there would be no anti-Semitism. Jesus was a Jew. There is nothing that the ordinary Christian so dislikes to remember as this awkward historical fact. Votes: 0

I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through The growing waters; it unmans one quite, Especially when life is rather new. Votes: 0

After a few awkward moments, Lizzy joined them and they skipped along the avenue, the three of them, laughing and whooping and altogether making an undignified spectacle of themselves. Votes: 0

The ultimate first date? Something that is completely out of the ordinary - go crazy, because first dates are always a little awkward, so do something a little extreme. Votes: 0

I could show you a picture right now where I look like something from The Hills Have Eyes. Talk about an awkward stage. Puberty was not good at all. Votes: 0

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot. Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you. Votes: 0

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private. Votes: 0

I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to make it go down. Votes: 0

Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is this?" because it's so foreign and unknown. Votes: 0

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. Votes: 0

I know people who enjoy having 10 people running around and doing things for them. I don't. I feel awkward in such situations. It gives you a false sense of importance. Votes: 0

I didn't actually have a prom. In Australia, we call them 'socials,' which is hilarious. I did always find them pretty awkward, because I went to an all-girls school. Votes: 0

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if most people suppose that it is always wrong. Votes: 0

Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law reviews pay for their precious dignity. Votes: 0

When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes. Votes: 0

The sandstorm, which I think is an absolute triumph, could have been awkward. It's sex in a car, so who knows. And I think the rooftops look fantastic [in Allied]. Votes: 0

I wish I were less awkward around strangers. I never know what to say when someone asks me who I am and what the hell I'm doing in their house. Votes: 0

It was awkward and embarrassing, but you have to go through things, ... I got through it and I'm happy it's over with and I can move forward and start playing. Votes: 0

Jews are a singular confusion "” difficult to define, awkward to describe, impossible to understand. All the virtues, all the vices, every pleasure, every pain "” nothing is spared them. Votes: 0

I think when somebody's painting they don't necessarily... I'm not illustrating what I know. I'm mapping out, like topographically, some terrain I am satisfied with, how awkward that mark is. Votes: 0

I've always been a square, a nerd. Kind of odd, kind of awkward. I still am to this day. People just think I'm a lot cooler 'cause I play football. Votes: 0

[Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are married - they usually look forced or awkward. Votes: 0

I've always kept a low profile. I'm not comfortable at social events or parties. I feel awkward. So if I'm not working, I prefer to remain in my own zone. Votes: 0

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there. Votes: 0

Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens--of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases as brackish as so many lumps of sodium hyposulphite. Votes: 0

I was socially awkward for many years. I stuttered, stammered, talked rubbish. I never take up invites to parties, and I've been invited to very glamorous things, but I never go. Votes: 0

As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward. Votes: 0

I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be. Votes: 0

Regardless of what the tour pros think, golf is a rich and varied game, and what all of us awkward fools do on weekends is what golf is truly all about. Votes: 0

Once again the absurdity of my inner thoughts overwhelms me, and I want to crawl out of my skin, escape my ugly, awkward flesh and be a skeleton, naked and anonymous. Votes: 0

I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are. Votes: 0

It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke, which is that this is painful and hard. Votes: 0

My favorite is the garlic press. I think it's beautiful as an object. But the awkward part of it all is that I don't use it much because I'm allergic to garlic. Votes: 0

I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working. Votes: 0

She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down. Votes: 0

Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making it extremely awkward for information to come out, to go. Votes: 0

My style as a human being is to indulge people who need to escape, yet I insist on confronting them as a playwright. It's quite embarrassing, it's quite unpleasant, it's quite awkward. Votes: 0

The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of? Votes: 0

Physicist is both to my mouth and ears so awkward that I think I shall never use it. The equivalent of three separate sounds of "I" in one word is too much. Votes: 0

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl. Votes: 0

I'm seeing too many kind of socially awkward kids that get through schools and then they can't hold a job because they haven't learned the discipline of get up in the morning. Votes: 0

Introductions are always weird for me because my name is Hari and it's constantly mispronounced . 'Hurry', 'Hairy' - there are different ways to screw it up, and it leads to these awkward conversations. Votes: 0

[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But that's what so exciting about it is that sense of surprise. Votes: 0

Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward in mainstream media... Black people are always portrayed to be cool or overly dramatic, anything but awkward. Votes: 0

For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band. Votes: 0

I'm pretty good with talking to girls if I have an introduction, but I'm the worst at trying to go pick up a girl. I'm really bad at breaking the ice. It's awkward! Votes: 0

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Hucka-BS is attacking actress Natalie Portman for getting pregnant without being married. It could get a little awkward if he runs into Sarah and Bristol Palin at Fox News. Votes: 0

The awkward thing is the people in the room besides us. It's not us. It's just the 20 or 30 people that are around on set, who normally wouldn't be on set. That's always interesting. Votes: 0

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience. Votes: 0

I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try not to [be abstract], it comes out really forced and awkward. Votes: 0

For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that's really nice. It's generally good. Votes: 0

Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew? Votes: 0

You know the awkward class photo when you're sitting there for your school picture and you're 14 or something and you've got braces, and you don't know how to smile, and you've got a hard-on. Votes: 0

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that. Votes: 0

In fact, there are autism clusters, you know, around some of the big tech centers. You take two socially awkward computer programmers and put them together, that can kind of concentrate the autistic genes. Votes: 0

A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class. Votes: 0

I don't just look at the thing itself or at the reality itself; I look around the edges for those little askew moments-kind of like what makes up our lives-those slightly awkward, lovely moments. Votes: 0

Try to live with whatever you can afford and avoid putting yourself in an awkward position of thinking how you can afford what you have failed to afford, please free your life on earth. Votes: 0

I don't consider myself sexy. I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot. Votes: 0

Look, let me just say it: He was hot. A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a hot boy . . . well. Votes: 0

But the shadow is merely somewhat inferior, primitive, unadapted, and awkward; not wholly bad. It even contains childish or primitive qualities which would in a way vitalize and embellish human existence, but convention forbids! Votes: 0

[Mark Twain] is still the rough, awkward, good-natured boy who swore at the deck hands when he was three years old. Thoroughly likeable as a good fellow, but impossible as a man of letters. Votes: 0

There is an awkward silence that overcomes you when cross paths with the person that kisses your heart the second that you meet them. It balances on the edge of unknown but always desired. Votes: 0

Hiding here, are you? That’s awkward.” “Why?” “Because I had intended to hide here myself.” “You may hide here with me, if you wish. Votes: 0

I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now. Votes: 0

You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections. Votes: 0

For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance. Votes: 0

I don't like going to dinner by myself; I'll call for delivery before I do that. It's awkward if you're at a table all alone. I'm sure nobody even notices, but there's something about it. Votes: 0

Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve years raising their hand for permission to go to the bathroom. Votes: 0

My first on-screen kiss was lame: Nickelodeon. But my first real-life kiss was super cute and nice, but still very awkward. It was with this hot skateboarder with dreadlocks. He was my little Rasta man. Votes: 0

I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem. Votes: 0

I was pretty awkward when I was young, but I was never afraid of putting myself out there. I would say stupid things but then they would laugh at me and possibly find it endearing. Votes: 0

Where's the superficial? I was, and therefore am, dim, gloomy, a drag, unfashionable, unfanciable, and awkward. This doesn't seem like superficial to me. These aren't flesh wounds. These are life-threatening thrusts into the internal organs. Votes: 0