I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before. — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Farid...She missed him so much that she felt ashamed of it.” — Meggie Inkspell by Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex. — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
Hen nights should be banned. You're honour-bound to behave atrociously, then feel terribly ashamed afterwards. (This Charming Man) — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. You should be ashamed to die until you've made some contribution to… — Vernon Johns Copy Share Image
I made a drawing for a book I'm working . It's a little drawing of a girl who's ashamed and upset and… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
We want a revival to come just in our way. You never saw two revivals come just alike. We must let them… — Mordecai Copy Share Image
...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King'… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1… — Dennis Cardoza Copy Share Image
... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
All right, You Great Git, You've asked for it. I'll cover the world in Tastee-Freez and Wimpy Burgers. I'll fill it with… — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, has to do with liberty of mind. The liberty to intuit, assess, be surprised, even to be ashamed and… — Laurie Sheck Copy Share Image
“As I grew older I learned to be ashamed of being poor, too. It became humiliating, something I'd do everything I could… — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
The politicized sponsors of this pseudoscientific nonsense should be ashamed to live, let alone die. If you want to take part in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I see myself as a human being. You're right, I am an American, I do live in Utah, and I am deeply… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“I am ashamed to say that despite my conscious mind taking an open-minded approach to this journey, my subconscious had prepared for… — Lois Pryce Copy Share Image
Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
Through TV and moving pictures a child may see more violence in thirty minutes than the average adult experiences in a lifetime.… — Fredric Wertham Copy Share Image
I love him. (Artemis) How can you say that? You don’t even understand what love means. Love isn’t being ashamed to be… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“He looked incredulous, throwing his hands up in disbelief. "You snuck out of my flat like I was some drunken lay you… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
(You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel ashamed.) (You… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Saying I feel guilty is a mere form of words. Saying I feel ashamed is not. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are. — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
It's far better to make people angry than to make them ashamed. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
We are ashamed at the sight of a monkey--somehow as we are shy of poor relations. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
We've never been ashamed of the fact we are, first and foremost, a pop band. — James Righton Copy Share Image
