Embarrassment Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Universal truths have become an embarrassment, but they won't quite go away.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Embarrassment Going away Shame Truth Universal Universal truth
The only truths which are universal are those gross enough to be thought so. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act — George Orwell Copy Share Image
All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Having no regrets is very unrealistic. Everyone has that awkward or embarrassing moment they wish they could take back. — Jayden Hayes Copy Share Image
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw… — Mette Ivie Harrison Copy Share Image
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ... — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
One day each scene that you spent in this life will flash before you, make sure you're not embarrassed watching. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
That awkward moment, when you're out in public and you hear someone call your name. Just to turn around and figure out that it… — Emma Swenson Copy Share Image
A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive… — George Ade Copy Share Image
[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself. The… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment. — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
I have no qualms: no shame, no guilt, no embarrassment. I tend to act out a lot. — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
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