I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you… — John Green Copy Share Image
“This isn't just about me," he said. "You're supposed to be head of the Council one day. Prodigium have to trust you,… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
How absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One should not speak of animals in that way. They… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“It is only your own ego which can feel embarrassment. Are you frightened of making mistakes and feeling foolish? Why? No one… — Ursula Markham Copy Share Image
Keep in mind the public has been brainwashed, and nearly 80% of what is known about me is fantasy and self serving… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way,… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question.… — Thomas Schlamme Copy Share Image
I've never had a block. I'm talking within the limits of my abilities. But in my own small way, I've had an… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Voting in this country has essentially been relegated to a very fledging group of election officials, who receive no training and operate… — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
“Wow." Josh stopped and ran a hand over his shaved head. "I mean, yeah, there's no beating that. That's the Usain Bolt… — Tom Ellen Copy Share Image
Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The American administration is trying to achieve any gain in the shadow of the embarrassment hitting it because of its failures in… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
“t can be eye-opening to think of some of the unrealistic expectations we hold ourselves to. These are the “shoulds” we set… — Toni Bernhard Copy Share Image
I was 15 years old, taken out into a parking lot on the set of 'Donny & Marie,' and at the time… — Marie Osmond Copy Share Image
A lot of things I have turned down ended up being a big embarrassment. Like that script, 'The Beaver.' I thought that… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
Here's how I became myself: mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments, and extensive reading; limbo, indecision, setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, and endless conversations with… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
When you have empathy toward your opponents, it helps you destroy them quicker. Because you understand exactly who they are. You understand… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Most comedians want to be the architect of their own embarrassment. They have horrible self-esteem issues. I would rather push myself into… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I actually want to write a treatise in defence of pretension. I think the word 'pretension' has become like the word 'ironic'… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
“By the way," Aiden said casting me a long look that had me totally forgetting the seriousness of our mission. "You look… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Dogs have a sense of smell much greater than ours and they're much faster than we are. We have fairly dull senses,… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image
I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable.… — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
Not the least of the hardships to which the dying are subject is the visitation of their loved ones. The poor darlings,… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
“I knew it was coming. I knew they didn't have the nerve. Three days in and they've got faces like vexed tomatoes,… — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Marianne was vexed at it for her sister's sake, and turned her eyes towards Elinor to see how she bore these attacks,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Nor is there any embarrassment in the fact that we're ridiculous, isn't that true? For it's actually so, we are ridiculous, light-minded,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
'Awkward' is a ubiquitous teen word to denote socially unsanctioned behavior. It usually implies first- or secondhand embarrassment when you or a… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image