I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good reasons. — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you're laughing at a joke and then you realize...its about you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. — Douglas Engelbart Copy Share Image
Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment. — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
The motivation comes from the embarrassment of having lost and the way it sits with you. — Ben Morgan Copy Share Image
The child who has been taught to obey at home will seldom be an embarrassment to his parents in public. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Remember what I done for you here today,' he shouted and passed out.” — Charlie Higson Copy Share Image
“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” — John Leonard Copy Share Image
“People who are always in praise and pursuit of the beautiful are an embarrassment, like people who make a constant display of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“...These guys totally agree that you're smokin' hot but think you're too young-" "That means 'flat-chested'. Excuse me. I have to go… — Gail Giles Copy Share Image
Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment. — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“You cannot be a powerful and life-changing presence to some people without being a joke or an embarrassment to others.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“I felt my mouth go dry, my throat constrict. What possible interpretation could Peter place on those words, other than that they… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
Question: Why does anyone bother to listen to economists anymore? The profession has become an embarrassment, and the most respected economists have… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The fragility of love is what is most at stake here—humanity's most crucial three-word avowal is often uttered only to find itself… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious.… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
Why get excited over this latest episode in the long, sad history of American anti-intellectualism? Let me suggest that, as patriotic Americans,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
One peculiarity of an astronaut's job is that we do everything in public. Also, you don't want to make a mistake. In… — David Saint-Jacques Copy Share Image
“The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“She talked to her, listened to her, read to her; and the tranquillity of such evenings, her perfect security in such a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an embarrassment to our nation. I mean, every single day you see something else that is an embarrassment to… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
“Well, I'm over it. Let's just forget about it.” He blinked at me, seeming surprised by my easy forgiveness. I gave him… — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“Disavowal is an unusual form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
When I have a difficult subject before me - when I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
“Master Richard!” Hunch’s voice was not loud, but it expressed volumes of scandalized disapproval. Mairelon paused and looked up. “What is it?”… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
All of this unrest and all the riots and all the protests, really the anger is at all of you who voted… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Knapsack of the Metaphysicians.- Those who boast so mightily of the scientificality of their metaphysics should receive no answer; it is enough… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Usually when I drank too much, I could guess why I did so, the objective being to murder a state of consciousness… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
![“[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself. The symbolism was in - and this sounds really, really small, but it's actually big for African-Americans - the symbolism was not in being an…” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/ta-nehisi-coates-733_achievement_winning-the-white-house-was-an-achieveme_47651.png)
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