Shame Quotes · Page 31

Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

— Bill Konigsberg

It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.

— Moms Mabley

Embarrassment has a lot to do with thinking too much. Let it go. Nobody cares as much as you think they do.

— Ryan Robbins

For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.

— Aeschylus

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

— Publilius Syrus

Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment.

— Elizabeth Perkins

I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.

— Jerry Stahl

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

— Jennifer Lopez

“Conviction says, 'My behavior was wrong.' Satan, on the other hand, floods our hearts with shame. Shame says, 'There is something wrong…

— Dale Forehand

Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

Branne's [Pavlovic] parents wanted him to become a taxi driver, but he became a stand-up comedian instead. So they died of shame.

— Aron Flam

I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why…

— Mukesh Rishi

“The most brazen humiliation ever inflicted upon God and mankind, justifying all the curses of the synagogue, is to be found in…

— Carl Schmitt

“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the…

— William Shakespeare

So you were born, and that was a good day. Some day you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in…

— Tomas Kalnoky

It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how…

— Nate Lowman

If there is any hope that we in America might one day overcome our own history of genocide, slavery, discrimination, and oppression…

— Michelle Alexander

There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“A few words which he wanted to emphasize were put into brackets or set off by quotation marks. My first impulse was…

— Jean Genet

“Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His…

— Leo Tolstoy

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience,…

— Barack Obama

“I felt like I needed to comfort both the little girl inside me and my mother, assuring them that neither of them…

— Erin Merryn

“PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! Due to the cumulative effect of collective sharing and loving intentionality, the Shame Train has derailed at the junction…

— Jeff Brown

It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was…

— Ted Williams

“My little ankle-strap sandals curled with embarrassment for her.”

— Christopher Hitchens

When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

— Glenn Beck

“Things aren’t often what they appear to be at first blush. But embarrassment is.”

— Jarod Kintz

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Not much has changed in the past 6,000 years. We still hide from God because we know we're naked.”

— Ron Brackin

Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity.

— D. H. Lawrence

“I truly wish the power of his love could eclipse the overwhelming shame.”

— Ellen Hopkins

It's really a shame for the coaching profession that it's so volatile.

— Erik Spoelstra

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

— George Soros

It's a shame that you have to fall to see who your real friends are.

— Sonya Parker

“What kind of one-night stand takes your car the next morning? It’s called the walk of shame, not grand theft auto.”

— Piper Rayne

The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.

— Mason Cooley

“Why, Andrew, why would it irritate me? Do you think that being loved by you is something to be ashamed of? I…

— Andrew Ashling

The more shame, the more clicks. The more clicks, the more advertising dollars.

— Monica Lewinsky

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

— Steve Waugh

A shame really, because putting the right book in the right kid’s hands is kind of like giving that kid superpowers.

— Cecil Castellucci