Shame Quotes · Page 46

“What a world this is, he thought. Children put us to shame with their pluck, and are shot in the back for…

— Frances Hardinge

I've already brought enough shame on the family without halting the family tree.

— Alan Carr

It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA.

— Jorge Luis Borges

We need to create a sense of shame about racism, and about leaders who deliberately mislead and lie.

— Gavin Esler

Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.

— Katherine Paterson

“You were not made to tend to the grave of your mistakes because God removed the coffin and backfilled the hole.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

— Whoopi Goldberg

It's a shame that I have to get high , to help me through the pain that's hard to get by .

— EM

“There's a feeling of shame that is more painful than any other in life; it's the shame felt by the victim who…

— Sándor Márai

“Too many men I know experience shame because society places pressure on them to withhold emotion: emotion and sensitivity is weak. I…

— Natalie Brenner

It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn…

— Roger Zelazny

“That black pool of shame bubbled up in my head again. Then, a spark came along and set it alight. The choice…

— David Wong

A lot of people body shame me because I am very thin. They say I have a 'boy's body,' or that I…

— Ananya Panday

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea…

— Nick Cave

The shame is not in having sported, but in not having broken off the sport. [Lat., Nec luisse pudet, sed non incidere…

— Horace

I've always enjoyed visiting India and we usually go to Mumbai or Delhi a few times during the season. It's a shame…

— Nico Hulkenberg

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how…

— Ai Weiwei

I think there's a tendency in England, when you look at the past, to either have upper middle class period drama with…

— Steven Knight

“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want…

— James Davison Hunter

“There is an important insight contained in the book of Genesis, concerning the loss of eros when the body takes over. Adam…

— Roger Scruton

With the quarantine and borders suddenly closing it could have meant suddenly being stranded on the other side of the planet. It's…

— Ashley Zukerman

The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving…

— Chris Gardner

“Standing in the spotlight, surrounded by all my selves, each of them naked and vulnerable before your lens, I want to be…

— Kris Kidd

“Changes in Relationship with others: It is especially hard to trust other people if you have been repeatedly abused, abandoned or betrayed…

— Suzette Boon

To stumble twice against the same stone is a Proverbsial disgrace.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Shame isn't bad, her voice from somewhere else insists. Nor the humility that is its gift.”

— William Trevor

Only a fool can note one's succes and instead of praise and marvel he throws shame…and curse .

— Brighton Simpsons

“Secrets can't consume you, but watch for the shame that closes your lips in the first place.”

— Jackie Viramontez

Never be ashamed of doing what feels right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

— Melchor Lim

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame. Whatever it is, we are all the same.

— Peter Gabriel

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.

— Thucydides

We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.

— Shirley Jackson

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

I know that telling the truth frees me of shame and anxiety.

— Simon Amstell

Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?

— Earl Wilson

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

Never do anything you are ashamed of and you'll never have to lie.

— Anonymous

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

— Dolly Parton

“When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.”

— Peter Lord

I don't really have any secret shames. If I like an artist, I like them. Nothing to feel embarrassed about.

— Mark Hoppus