The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of "aspiring" writers is to a) actually write and b) actually… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film,… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“I glanced up at the trees too. Dead. Every one of them gray and white, needles rusted, leaves shriveled at the tips… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
“Guilty people apologize and also take steps to avoid repetition. Shame, in contrast, is a more global emotion, which can emerge in… — Peter N. Stearns Copy Share Image
We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. If I… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Such silly things, children -- and so embarrassing -- because they keep changing themselves out of shame, out of a need to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some… — Kuki Gallmann 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
I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it,… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“What is embarrassment? In general, embarrassment is an emotional response to an innocent mistake. The major reason that some of us are… — Toni Bernhard Copy Share Image
Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
“Who said anything about shame?" She gestured down to her naked body, even though it was covered by the blanket. "Honestly, I'm… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the… — Avro Manhattan Copy Share Image
If you were meant to cure cancer or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not only hurt yourself, even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jung first gave us the term ‘shadow’ to refer to those parts of our personality that have been rejected out of fear,… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
“This is my real bed-rock objection to the eastern systems. They decry all manly virtue as dangerous and wicked, and they look… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“It is understandable how this shame came into being. The nation made the black man's color a stigma. Even linguistics and semantics… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I always have looked at "indie" as a term of "independence." Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Slavery, you know, is nothing else than the unwilling labor of many. Therefore to get rid of slavery it is necessary that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
Consider, I pray, whether you are not renouncing all shame and sincerity to advance such principles. Because a comet appears in a… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“A lack of illusion is golden, and it is quite possible that creativity is the highest form of intelligence. One might further… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Shame, child, is for those who fail to live up to the ideal of what they believe they should be." She waved… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“All at once I am so tired of this-of the constant threat of humiliation and pain, the fear of exposure, of trying… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
The consolations of the vulgar are bitter in the royal ear. Let physicians and confectioners and servants in the great houses be… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
I admire some of the people on the screen today, but most of them look like everybody else. In our day we… — Myrna Loy Copy Share Image
May God forgive us for the times when we as individuals and as a Church failed to seek out and care for… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
The only crying shame about it is, when good things happen to you, you run short of time. It takes the same… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
“I’ve realized, though, we can either choose to be vulnerable or have moments of vulnerability sneak up on us. Like when you’re… — Katie Kiesler Copy Share Image
![“I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always…” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53b/john-lennon-322_class_i-mean-we-the-beatles-had-to-go-through_2183945.jpg)
