Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but ...
SUSAN CAIN Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful ...
SUSAN CAIN Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessive...
SUSAN CAIN Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy f...
SUSAN CAIN Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Ye...
SUSAN CAIN A Manifesto for Introverts

1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much'...
SUSAN CAIN Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation ...
SUSAN CAIN You can't pick up a business magazine ever without seeing the word 'collaborate' splashe...
SUSAN CAIN A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, ...
SUSAN CAIN To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrover...
SUSAN CAIN Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a mispercepti...
SUSAN CAIN It's important for a parent to learn to take delight in a child whose behavior might seem mystif...
SUSAN CAIN In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them...
SUSAN CAIN ...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I�...
SUSAN CAIN Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this re...
SUSAN CAIN Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe
SUSAN CAIN We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it t...
SUSAN CAIN But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to a...
SUSAN CAIN you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at...
SUSAN CAIN Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones
SUSAN CAIN Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme, McHugh is telling us. If you do...
SUSAN CAIN If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own s...
SUSAN CAIN When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a...
SUSAN CAIN Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Ye...
SUSAN CAIN The highly sensitive [introverted] tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rathe...
SUSAN CAIN There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in ...
SUSAN CAIN Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while ...
SUSAN CAIN We need to do teacher training to educate them about what temperament means. Shyness is painful and ...
SUSAN CAIN In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to thi...
SUSAN CAIN I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide ...
SUSAN CAIN Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of pe...
SUSAN CAIN Ask your child for information in a gentle, nonjudgmental way, with specific, clear questions. Inste...
SUSAN CAIN The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to...
SUSAN CAIN Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured...Spend your free the way you like, ...
SUSAN CAIN Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.
SUSAN CAIN Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out lo...
SUSAN CAIN Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing...
SUSAN CAIN Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because...
SUSAN CAIN Purification and redemption are such recurrent themes in ritual because there is a clear and ubiquit...
SUSAN CAIN Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the ...
SUSAN CAIN Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.
SUSAN CAIN Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologist...
SUSAN CAIN It's not that there is no small talk...It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but ...
SUSAN CAIN Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression w...
SUSAN CAIN What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same. If you went back to...
SUSAN CAIN Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real ...
SUSAN CAIN Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we'...
SUSAN CAIN I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.
SUSAN CAIN All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen ...
SUSAN CAIN One noteworthy study suggests that people who suppress negative emotions tend to leak those emotions...
SUSAN CAIN Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class pe...
SUSAN CAIN The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; fo...
SUSAN CAIN Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
SUSAN CAIN Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.
SUSAN CAIN We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One ...
SUSAN CAIN Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something t...
SUSAN CAIN Scores of studies have shown that venting doesn't soothe anger; it fuels it.
SUSAN CAIN Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleague...
SUSAN CAIN I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the co...
HERMAN CAIN There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ag...
CHELSEA CAIN African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservat...
HERMAN CAIN Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
DEAN CAIN Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove ...
HERMAN CAIN Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove...
HERMAN CAIN Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doi...
HERMAN CAIN The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe ...
HERMAN CAIN Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media c...
HERMAN CAIN If I had been under ObamaCare, and a beaurocrat had been trying to tell me when I could get that CT ...
HERMAN CAIN Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
DEAN CAIN I love the fact that we are surrounded by this spectacular natural beauty that routinely strikes us ...
CHELSEA CAIN The way to connect with voters on the plan is to simply give the facts. Fifty per cent of taxpayers ...
HERMAN CAIN When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed wri...
CHELSEA CAIN The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at t...
HERMAN CAIN The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. ...
HERMAN CAIN I have traveled a fair amount, and I have visited some great cities. I love architecture and museums...
CHELSEA CAIN Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Asso...
HERMAN CAIN My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all fed...
HERMAN CAIN I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you ...
KENNETH CAIN This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true...
HERMAN CAIN Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.
HERMAN CAIN When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked ...
DEAN CAIN It all portends a very rocky start to 2006 for the administration because the concerns are increasin...
BRUCE CAIN This puts Schwarzenegger on the hot seat. I think it's a slam-dunk that he's going to have to veto t...
BRUCE CAIN I don't think he has any other choice, ... He can't afford to divide Republican support and count on...
BRUCE CAIN You're there to do a job and to represent your constituents. If you're not making decisions it seems...
BRUCE CAIN The last six weeks have gone to Bush. He's been able to move himself to the middle --and get himself...
BRUCE CAIN I don't think of him as a member of the social right. He's ... a more secular, business-oriented Cha...
BRUCE CAIN Their numbers are an estimate, all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible,
BRUCE CAIN [In short, it's the good economy, stupid.] There is widespread perception that other forces have con...
BRUCE CAIN I think they may be playing it for all it's worth. If he's trying to get back on a bipartisan track,...
BRUCE CAIN It doesn't hurt for him to have a fight with Bush at this point, which would then differentiate him ...
BRUCE CAIN Our greatest challenge is to give hope where there is hopelessness.
BURL CAIN The jail was just chaotic.
BURL CAIN The worms come out at night.
BURL CAIN We would love it if he would come help us.
BURL CAIN You have to have a jail before you can have security.
BURL CAIN We have to have a jail or we can't ever restore order and rebuild the city.
BURL CAIN This is a real start to rebuilding this city, this jail.
BURL CAIN We have to maintain law and order, no matter what, and this is the one part of the city that is stil...
BURL CAIN We wish the sheriff would come on back.
BURL CAIN Our whole key has been free-throw shooting. A lot of people don't know how big that is, but it's hug...
CAIN JAGODZINSKI We know that's going to happen. We knew going in it was going to be tight.
CAIN JAGODZINSKI It?s been hard to motivate these guys after last season. After being the top, they had to realize th...
CAIN JAGODZINSKI These boys have always done what we have asked and have always stuck together as a team. They deserv...
CAIN JAGODZINSKI We?re getting our guys in better shape and polishing things up a bit. The north schools had the adva...
CAIN JAGODZINSKI This group has been working hard to find their identity. I think they?re finding it now.
CAIN JAGODZINSKI One right decision doth not a great president make.
HERMAN CAIN Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail.
DEAN CAIN Genius appears in those who are able to make connections between disparate subjects and develop some...
CANDICE CAIN The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all...
HERMAN CAIN If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to uti...
HERMAN CAIN Out-of-control spending by government requires a different kind of taxpayer group. AFP is that diffe...
HERMAN CAIN We're not coming into Virginia to be a one-note Johnny.
HERMAN CAIN The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows ...
HERMAN CAIN My husband and I were excited about having a kid - it was having a baby that had us worried. We had ...
CHELSEA CAIN I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
CHELSEA CAIN I've always been more interested in what happens after the bad thing has happened - the fallout ...
CHELSEA CAIN I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National ...
HERMAN CAIN I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. ...
DEAN CAIN My agent says that I'm a 'repeat business guy.' If you hire me to come do a movie, I'...
DEAN CAIN We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simpl...
HERMAN CAIN This vehicle is bold looking, it's a blast to drive and we're not going to go to market with only fi...
JIM CAIN But on the margins it does recreate the dynamic that made Schwarzenegger's election in the recall po...
BRUCE CAIN History is a complex web of lies, truths and confusion. The true nature of a historian is not to cut...
VARTOMIO CAIN The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is rac...
HERMAN CAIN It's an odd quandary for us, ... It's like there's compassion fatigue all around. I can certainly ap...
JIM CAIN Gretchen Lowell was beautiful in a very grown-up way, in a sophisticated, confident way. It was more...
CHELSEA CAIN She was a beautiful girl, but the lack of any spark dampened her prettiness.
CHELSEA CAIN I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. ...
DEAN CAIN My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates...
HERMAN CAIN It's a tougher-edged album — less poppy and a little more rock. It's a playful mix of the differen...
JONATHAN CAIN They're bombarded with all kinds of music, yet they chose to hum ours. That's the best nod you can g...
JONATHAN CAIN You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them...
JONATHAN CAIN This whole thing we're doing on the road is a tribute and a tip of our hat to the fans. We figure af...
JONATHAN CAIN Anytime you get in on something that's new and trendy, it's cool.
JONATHAN CAIN A lot of people don't even know there was a Journey before Steve Perry.
JONATHAN CAIN "The laws of nature were not made to limit us, but to protect us.
VARTOMIO CAIN Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.
CHELSEA CAIN It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a soluti...
HERMAN CAIN People will be able to print out the make and model, vehicle identification numbers and the price on...
CHRIS CAIN There may be 20 to 30 people who are members of all three clubs. There's a lot of crossover. We all ...
RICK CAIN I don't know of anyone who began riding just because of the Tour de Georgia, but it is undeniable th...
RICK CAIN Things are going great for us. The auto industry has been going through some tough times. GM has bee...
CHRIS CAIN I'm delighted with this year's GCSE results which were a just reward for the hard work and effort by...
JOHN CAIN We need responsible regulations, not regulations that have gone wild. For example, the EPA has a rul...
HERMAN CAIN Stripped from context, once a good quote lands in a reader's hands it has great freedom.
CANDICE CAIN I actually got better grades during football season, when I had no time, because I had to bear down ...
DEAN CAIN I love you, Loise.
DEAN CAIN Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season.
DEAN CAIN It's like, now you've done it, you stood up with the big boys and you were good onscreen. It gives m...
DEAN CAIN Why not learn to enjoy the little things -- there are so many of them.
HERMAN CAIN Death will be my only peace, many of us await it with a candle in the window.
CANDICE CAIN Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office befo...
HERMAN CAIN Clothes are like armor. They have to be perfect and flawless to the rest of the world, because if th...
LEE CAIN Where you are born, the color of your skin; these are not the only nor are they the best methods to ...
CANDICE CAIN Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing...
HERMAN CAIN We met in New Hope. I was a waitress, and Andy was building and roofing houses.
WENDY CAIN Those who fall the deepest are the ones who reach the longer in life.
VARTOMIO CAIN A system cannot excel beyond that of its lowest common denominator.
CANDICE CAIN I never trust people who speak with declaratives such as "always" or "never" because there are alway...
CANDICE CAIN In conversation the end results depend not on what one says but on what the other hears.
CANDICE CAIN The more things you have in your life that make you happy the more often you'll be happy.
CANDICE CAIN The more you've lost in life the less it takes to make you happy again.
CANDICE CAIN The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game....
HERMAN CAIN Knowing what the problem is quite often does not bring one close to knowing what the solution is.
CANDICE CAIN I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detect...
CHELSEA CAIN Despite how fierce it is, I want to live by the water.
WENDY CAIN They've been a tremendous conservation asset in terms of introducing Yellowstone genes into the Jack...
STEVE CAIN There's no question that Democratic activists in California want a firm opposition to George Bush fr...
BRUCE CAIN We are going to come in and make a real earnest attempt at the first two opportunities to [Kennedy]....
LEROY CAIN I saw some of the most amazing things I've ever seen in a studio on that album. Steve probably sang ...
JONATHAN CAIN In Sacramento, the sense of urgency is what often compels them to do anything and the sense of urgen...
BRUCE CAIN Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media c...
HERMAN CAIN This is her dilemma. A lot of the pressures of her constituency point to her taking a very aggressiv...
BRUCE CAIN It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views that speech.
HERMAN CAIN We're sort of superstitious now. The albums that had the beetle on it did better than the ones that ...
JONATHAN CAIN There's a high population in Allegheny County that we need to target, and it's also a very diverse p...
CHERIE CAIN The foliage has covered up a lot of the flood damage. The islands were stripped bare. I'd never seen...
WENDY CAIN Within a 50-mile radius of Philadelphia, there are astounding collections of just about anything and...
LYNDA CAIN There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succe...
DEAN CAIN Used to, it was mostly college kids buying bicycles to get around campus. But now it's people who ha...
RICK CAIN Inquiry is useless without creativity. Of course, inquiry is first useless without inquiry...
CANDICE CAIN I think they kind of squandered it because they never made it very usable. It doesn't really benefit...
RICK CAIN Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they cre...
CHELSEA CAIN I was starving before I hit Journey. Very, very rough times... I didn't know where the next pay ...
JONATHAN CAIN My message of common-sense solutions is resonating with people. People around the country are starti...
HERMAN CAIN In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Natio...
HERMAN CAIN I was hell-bent on being an effective humanitarian in Cambodia and Somalia. But a naïve fog is fina...
KENNETH CAIN I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt ...
HERMAN CAIN That's definitely a different feeling to go straight to the catcher, then walk back to the mound and...
MATT CAIN Rome may not have been built in a day but Pompeii was destroyed in one.
CANDICE CAIN When running towards the shining horizon, don't look back at the dawning night.
VARTOMIO CAIN Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile obje...
CHELSEA CAIN I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books, delightfully twisted stuff.
CHELSEA CAIN I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing.
DEAN CAIN I'm pissed that TBS changed their network and did not renew us. I hope they die a miserable burning ...
DEAN CAIN I think it's wonderful that students can get scholarships to play athletics at universities. But the...
DEAN CAIN Being outside and feeling that sort of oppressive heat - it's flammable! And your emotions tend to r...
DEAN CAIN One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motiv...
HERMAN CAIN People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist.
HERMAN CAIN