“This means that shame monitors excitement and pleasure. Nature has made the sexual experience the most exciting and pleasurable of all our… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
“This shame has nothing to do with He or She. It's the being mortal - how shall I say it? ... insufficient.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You play a 'lowdown dirty shame slow and lonesome, my mama dead, my papa across the sea I ain't dead but I'm… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The mind is "ashamed" of the blood. And the blood is destroyed by the mind, actually. Hence palefaces. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We may believe that anxiety and fear don't concern us because we avoid experiencing them. We may keep the scope of our… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
We're, ah, taking a break to evaluate things, and, um, reexamine our relationship, so I stuffed him in a closet!" I burst… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Disney will never make a movie about my life story, and that's a shame--I'd make a really cute animated creature. — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“I feel even more incapable of returning to Russia the same as when I left it. It's just one more of those… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“According to Dr. Hartling, in order to deal with shame, some of us move away by withdrawing, hiding, silencing ourselves, and keeping… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon… — Maureen Brady Copy Share Image
I think [Iranian deal] was the worst deal I've ever seen negotiated. The deal that was made by the [Barack] Obama administration.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
What a shame that Christianity had come here!If the white man had not intruded where he was not wanted, where he did… — Margaret Craven Copy Share Image
O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly… — John Milton 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
Once it's over and you understand what's going on, it's a shame. You want to win three sets. — Denis Shapovalov Copy Share Image
“Jude never loved Locke.' My face feels hot, but my shame is an excellent cover to hide behind. 'She loved someone else.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible. — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I… — Cardi B Copy Share Image
“...fool me once, shame on me…fool me twice…I deserved to get fucked over.” — Derekica Snake Copy Share Image
Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and… — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
“Not a word had dropped from my lips, or from hers, that could unsettle either of us—and yet the same unacknowledged sense… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
The vanished lives of all are filled with many shames. Therefore do not judge. — Sri Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
“He felt what a murderer must feel, when he sees the body he has robbed of life. That body, robbed by him… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image