Cringe Quotes

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My past behaviour makes me cringe. — Denise Van Outen
Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they… — William Faulkner
The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely; to those above him. — Jean de la Bruyere
I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me. — Larry David
Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I… — Idris Elba
I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth… — Steve Martin
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles… — Emily Mortimer
I cringe inside when anybody gives me something. I don't know why. I just get embarrassed. — Sarah Jessica Parker
I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe. — Michelle Pfeiffer
I feel cheesy when I see 'Silver Spoons.' Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but… — Ricky Schroder
I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe. — Grace Slick
I used to look back at pictures and cringe but actually I'm quite proud that I've had fun with fashion and don't always look perfect.… — Emma Watson
Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with… — Michel de Montaigne
You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a… — Vladimir Nabokov
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is… — Neil Gaiman
Janie: Did you ever sell drugs? Cabel: Yes. Pot. Ninth and tenth grade. I was, uh...rather troubled back then. Janie: Why did you stop? Cabel:… — Lisa McMann
Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip all day?" His eyes… — Ilona Andrews
The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem… — Markus Zusak
Give me a hot coal glowing bright red, Give me an ember sizzling with heat, These are the jewels made from my beak. We fly… — Kathryn Lasky
It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a proud family. Your… — P.G. Wodehouse

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