Embarrassment Quotes

262 Embarrassment quotes by 231 unique authors

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. — Laurence J. Peter
Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or ridicule, all they… — Stephen Covey
Embarrassment is a partner in the creative act. — Unknown Author
Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment. — Doug Larson
An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single. — Unknown Author
Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment… — Michael Dean Crapo
All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we… — Jorge Luis Borges
When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers! — Joan Benoit
Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment. — Gail Sheehy
Something peculiar has happened. As I write, none of the Republican candidates for Senate has become a public embarrassment. On the contrary: For the first… — Matthew Continetti
In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture, materially depend, in… — Alexander Hamilton
I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and… — Derek Bok
Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the… — Chris Matthews
It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing. — Arthur Hiller
I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed. — Alanis Morissette
I made a pact with myself that I'd rather have less money than be embarrassed. — Gwyneth Paltrow
If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't… — Joe Biden
Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment. — Colin Firth
The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's… — Peggy Noonan
Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in… — Barack Obama
It's this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what's it made of? It's made of neurons. It's… — Daniel Dennett
There is no alarm clock like embarrassment, — Maryrose Wood
It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning… — Liam Neeson
This is an embarrassment of riches, and boy, am I happy to be embarrassed. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that… — James Payn

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