Quote by Gail Carriger

“I think the root of embarrassment is feeling totally misunderstood, wanting to explain yourself over and over but knowing that you won't make much…

— Alice Ozma

“I see embarrassment among all of you. That's good. The thing about being embarrassed is that sooner or later you aren't, but you remember…

— Terry Pratchett

“I am an intellectual (who makes fun of other intellectuals).”

— Muriel Barbery

“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.”

— Taiichi Ohno

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

— Jarod Kintz

“Like most intellectuals he is intensely stupid.”

— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

“Maybe that was the sign of a true intellectual--someone who could accept the weird.”

— Ronald De Feo

“I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like a complete prick.”

— Krista Ritchie

“Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…”

— Plato

“Make way for the sweetest humiliation when you underestimate their intelligence while overestimating your knowledge.”

— Criss Jami

“You cannot be a powerful and life-changing presence to some people without being a joke or an embarrassment to others.”

— Mark Manson

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to…

— Lisa Alther