A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history.… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“clearing his throat in the hope of startling his emo malcontent of a secretary into shame, but she didn’t even bother to… — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
The thing we want for all our kids is that they be connected with a learning community and that they have strong… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
It's only through effort that we learn what an idea actually is, and if our passion for it will last or fade.… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
I don't waste a lot of time on profound embarrassment. I have always been somewhat the same person. I can think of… — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
“I once felt shame for the scars upon my skin. Unknowingly ignorant to the beauty they possessed. Those scars tell a story… — Danielle Luz Matias Copy Share Image
There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: "Never… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Shame cannot exist in conditions of light, sunshine, and humor. So the very moment that you share your most shameful moments -… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
It's quite frightening; the business of trying to be funny is very hairy. In comedy, the potential for humiliation is huge. Trying… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It is an utter shame to spend millions on the sanctuaries while millions are dying of hunger! Institutional religion must go to… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings. — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
“I grabbed my napkin and managed to pretend to sneeze which had the added effect of covering up most of my face… — Diana Rowland Copy Share Image
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true. — Susanna Hoffs Copy Share Image
Here we also see: what this divinity lacks is not only a sense of shame-and there are also other reasons for conjecturing… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
