Quotes by Insecurity The time between Bachelor's degree and a PhD, the median time is over 11 years. So then you're still only on a tenure ladder, you're not tenured. So it generally takes 6 to 8 years after that to get tenure. So that's a very long period of what's essentially apprenticeship, of insecurity. Louis Menand insecuritylongyears For better or worse, I seem to gravitate toward writing about something or someone else, then have my own self shove its way into that story. It seems insanely narcissistic. But I also think there's a particular effect that comes from using my autobiography in service to another story, as opposed to being the subject. I'm much more comfortable working in that mode. And I do think I have a persona or mood that I keep coming back to: self-conscious, self-critical, unsure. I write a lot about bodies, particularly male ones, usually as a point of emphasis for my insecurities about my own. Lucas Mann insecuritywritingthinking Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we're brought up to believe that we can't show them. Luke Evans insecuritymenbelieve The first thing I look for is the humor, because you can tell what the character's fears and insecurities are through the humor. Lusia Strus insecuritycharacterlooks We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure. Lysa TerKeurst insecureinsecuritymean The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity. M. Scott Peck insecurityreallying Western media only intensified the climate of fear and insecurity... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insecurityclimatemedia I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7. Madonna Ciccone insecureinsecuritythinking Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius. Marc Maron insecurityballsgenius Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity. Margaret Mead insecurityjealousydepth She smiles through a thousand tears, and harbors adolescent fears. She dreams of all that she can never be, she wades in insecurity. Mariah Carey insecuritysadnessdream The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you. Mark Goulston insecurityselftrying It seems mutants have something in their lives called gravy. They know truth, but it is buried under thickening and spices of convenience, materialism, insecurity, and fear. They also have something called frosting. It seems to represent how they spend almost all the seconds of their existence in doing superficial, artificial, temporary, pleasant-tasting, nice appearing projects and spend very few actual seconds of their lives developing their eternal beingness. Marlo Morgan insecuritymutantsnice Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything. Martin Freeman insecurityrolesactors I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody. Mary Elizabeth Winstead insecurityadultsthinking I have always been a combination of both security and insecurity. Mary Tyler Moore securitycombinationinsecurity I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence. Maura Tierney prominenceinsecurityfighting Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity Max Lucado optimisminsecuritydoubt Insecurity is not just a state of mind. Mason Cooley insecuritystatesmind I've had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot. Melanie Martinez insecuritystills«910111213141516171819»
