Quotes About Introversion And Extroversion

#1. I'm caught somewhere between introversion and extroversion. Performance is natural to me, joyful, but it is also exhausting. I can feed on it, but the expense is high, too, like being a carnivore: I have to chase down my meals.

Nick Harkaway

#2. What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same. If you went back to your reunion from school, you would probably find that if you ranked everyone in your class into terms of levels of introversion and extroversion you'd still be the same rank.

Susan Cain

#3. The results have consistently suggested that introversion and extroversion, like other major personality traits such as agreeableness and conscientiousness, are about 40 to 50 percent heritable.

Susan Cain

#4. There are two distinct groups of people in the world: the ones who tell stories, and those who pay attention.

Daniel Goncalves

#5. They focused on the so-called Big Five traits: Introversion-Extroversion; Agreeableness; Openness to Experience; Conscientiousness; and Emotional Stability.

Susan Cain

#6. Fishing is still elemental in the most elemental sense of the word - an activity composed of water and air and light and space, all arranged in precarious balance around a central idea of a man in a boat, waiting for a bite.

Samanth Subramanian

#7. I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.

Darren Criss

#8. Everybody was upset that Vladimir Putin was missing. He was in Switzerland with his girlfriend. She had a baby in Switzerland because in Russia childbirth is not covered by Putin-care.

David Letterman

#9. Because extroversion lines up so well with American values, we introverts often deprive ourselves of what we most enjoy and thrive on. So, for all of you who draw energy from inside, behind, underneath, or away from it all, welcome home.

Laurie A. Helgoe

#10. According to the prevailing extroversion assumption, inviting you is a nice gesture, and pressuring you is a compliment - an indication that you are wanted. How many times have you equivocated on or even declined an invitation, only to be asked again - and again?

Laurie A. Helgoe

#11. No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone communist.

Woodrow Wyatt

#12. When treatment for health issues is conducted like a military operation, our body-minds become a battlefield.

Heidi DuPree

#13. If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.

George Nethercutt

#14. All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and extroversion mostly through its positive side.

Susan Cain

#15. She thought not so much of what had happened as of how she could describe it.

E. M. Forster

#16. My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion.

Carrie Fisher

#17. Church was never meant to be a place for gods to gather, but for devils wanting to shed their horns for halos.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#18. Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.

Criss Jami

#19. When introverts sense invasion, we instinctively shut down to protect our inner resources. But in doing so, we lose access to ourselves. From this defensive position, we may feel that our only options are to practice extroversion, go underground, or go crazy.

Laurie A. Helgoe

#20. The Socially Accessible introvert looks like an extrovert on the outside and sees extroversion as a bar that he or she can never quite reach. These individuals are often very successful in social arenas, but fault themselves for not having more fun.

Laurie A. Helgoe

#21. Dreams are what we have.

George R R Martin