“God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One out of four people internationally believe if their country goes to war, The United States would be the opponent. As a… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
That's the thing about abuse - it can make the victim feel an overwhelming sense of shame, a shame so disabling that… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach,… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us… — Caitlin Stasey Copy Share Image
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I can still see her face -- The sorrow in her eyes, her voice, as she condemns me. I didn't know it… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
There is something embarrassing in... the way in which, ... turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, ... wounds… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Alone thou goest forth, O Lord, in sacrifice to die; is this thy sorrow naught to us who pass unheeding by? Our… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
Oh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“She took no pleasure from the very things I loved, from her size, her amplitude, her luscious, zaftig heft. As many times as I… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
The desert floras shame us with their cheerful adaptations to the seasonal limitations. Their whole duty is to flower and fruit, and… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
“The terror of being judged sharpens the memory: it sends an inevitable glare over that long-unvisited past which has been habitually recalled… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood, The holy name of Grief--holy herein,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“there is a limit of ignominy, beyond which man's consciousness of shame cannot go, and after which begins satisfaction in shame?” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Nobody taught me to be like this. I was born this way. Since I opened my eyes to the world, I have… — Chavela Vargas Copy Share Image
Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The poor maidservant who used to say that she only believed in God when she had a toothache puts all theologians to… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“I die. I breathe in and breahe in and cannot exhale. I explode all over my friends. They forget my name and… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, accomplishments do not reduce internalized shame. In fact, the more one achieves, the more one has to achieve. Toxic shame is… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why… — Mukesh Rishi Copy Share Image
Branne's [Pavlovic] parents wanted him to become a taxi driver, but he became a stand-up comedian instead. So they died of shame. — Aron Flam Copy Share Image
Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
I don't know why they call it a Walk of Shame. You just had sex last night and now everyone knows it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With 'Mouthful of Shame,' all of my fans or the majority of them said it's the best thing you've ever done and… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
“Conviction says, 'My behavior was wrong.' Satan, on the other hand, floods our hearts with shame. Shame says, 'There is something wrong… — Dale Forehand Copy Share Image
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately. — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
“The most brazen humiliation ever inflicted upon God and mankind, justifying all the curses of the synagogue, is to be found in… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
So you were born, and that was a good day. Some day you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in… — Tomas Kalnoky Copy Share Image
It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image
I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
“When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image