“the human condition can be summed up in just one word, and this is the word: Embarrassment.” — Kurt Vonnegut Jr 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
“I had a chance to lay it all out on the table, and I didn't. But that's the problem with shame. Shame… — Meghan Quinn Copy Share Image
He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision. — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
In the future if my mother tries to shame me with her disapproval, I will let her know in no uncertain terms… — Susan Juby Copy Share Image
I think it's a disgrace that some would allow extreme voices in this country to erase our proud heritage. — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a family. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
“But the most terrible thing was that the shame didn't simply sear my heart, it also mingled into a single whole with… — Victor Pelevin Copy Share Image
The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
So many people pass up older dogs, which is a shame. With an older dog, you know what you are getting. — Lisa Jakub Copy Share Image
No matter what feeling comes up - numbness, irritability, shame - if I let it arise and play itself through, I naturally… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
There's so much shame involved in not being like everyone else. But I learned that the things that made me unique were… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
In this world, only those people who have fallen to the lowest degree of humiliation, far below beggary, who are not just… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history. — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
“The humiliation of growing up a Jew in the Soviet Union, of cleaning piss-stained bathrooms in the States, of worshiping a country… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“Despite the doctor’s orders, I bought myself several cartons of cigarettes (…) I think that I preferred to put myself in serious… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it.… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
I think shame exists a lot within the schooling system. A lot of the time, teachers tell people that they're wrong, when… — Aimee Lou Wood 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
