We live in a culture where it's just delicious to shame and blame. We have what I call sometimes a "smugtocracy." — Teresa Ghilarducci Copy Share Image
“He, the man, had seen her, touched her, and had not validated her beauty, her womanliness. He had turned away and gone… — Naomi Ragen Copy Share Image
“Standing in the spotlight, surrounded by all my selves, each of them naked and vulnerable before your lens, I want to be… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
Jose Aldo is someone I respect a lot, I have no shame in admitting that he's my idol, but that fight showed… — Renato Moicano Copy Share Image
In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it." — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The embarrassment after the anger is biggest humiliation a person can experience. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“there is a limit of ignominy, beyond which man's consciousness of shame cannot go, and after which begins satisfaction in shame?” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I want find a part of myself that I feel shame about, or that I feel really scared of exposing to the… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I'm happy every time I stand up in court and say, 'George Brauchler for the people of Colorado...' I take no shame… — George Brauchler Copy Share Image
When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses. Instead of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish… — Paul Ekman Copy Share Image
Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.” — Peter Lord Copy Share Image
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else. — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me.… — Bellamy Young Copy Share Image
So much shame goes hand-in-hand with an eating disorder, with addiction of any kind. It's very lonely because you don't know how… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
Making a show is also economics. Because the irony is, or the shame of it is, you cannot create a show instantaneously.… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
“I hope for the day when everyone can speak of God without embarrassment.” — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“and I saw all over again what comes of pretending that terrible things do not happen. Shame comes with denial. Fear fattens… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
It's a shame to see these young chicks bungle their lives away in a flurry and rush to compete with what was… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Some were beggars, some were kings, and some were masters of the arts. But in their shame they're all the same, these… — Hank Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
one must verge on the unknown, write toward the truth hitherto unrecognizable of one’s own sincerity, including the avoidable beauty of doom,… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
The demerits of our own people bringh infamiy. Their disgrace is our own disgrace. That is why infamy os such people relly… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
As I'm traveling around, I meet many small children. And when I look at a small and think how we've harmed this… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share:… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love',… — Jon Snow Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is a process of giving up the old for something new. Old experiences and memories that we hold on to in… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“... for when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“What we all share in common - the real reason for this book - is a desire to love better. To love… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
“Even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful… — Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
