“You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'” StatesBigsShameFellowsDisappointmentContinentsConferencesNigeriaHead Of StateAfrican Continent Author:Wole Soyinka
“I've never been on safari because I've got a phobia of bugs. I just don't want things crawling on me when I'm sleeping. It's a shame given my passion for big cats. But I really enjoy photography, so I'd love to photograph leopards in the wild some day.” WantBigsPassionGivenEnjoySleepPhotographyCatShamePhotographBugsMy PassionCrawlingPhobiaLeopardsSafari Author:Jackie Collins
“I have every iPod that's been made ˘ that's how sick I am. I carry anything and everything I possibly would want to listen to. I have a lot of jazz. I adore Ralph Towner, Leo Kottke. I've always been a big Oscar Peterson fan. I've branched out a little bit more in rock-and-roll, but that's maybe because I'm 50 years old and I can now listen to Steely Dan again without shame. I adore the Grateful Dead. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. All that's been fun to get back into. But I'm no longer interested in the Doobie Brothers.” WantYearsLittlesMadeStillsI CanBigsYoungFunBitsFansRocksBrotherLittle BitSickShameGratefulJazzGet BackOscarsRock And RollAdoreRevivalIpodsAnything And EverythingCrosbySteely Dan Author:Thomas Hampson
“I had a lot of guilt and shame when I was running from God, but nothing like when I was running for God. I was always looking for God's approval, and that's where the guilt and shame came out in a big way.” WayBigsRunningShameGuiltApproval Author:Jud Wilhite
“I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.” PeopleFeelsShouldBigsLaughingExerciseShameFatsSwimmingEmbarrassedPointingFat People Author:Jo Brand
“(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?” BigsNaturalShapesShameSingersFatsPianoOperaReferringOpera Singers Author:Victor Borge
“If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.” IfsMenHeartBigsSleepSinBedShameForgivingBig Heart Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.” SometimesWholeBigsMightMissingArmsGoodnessShameRuinsAshamedOver ItVillageNutsTabooSymmetryKilling YourselfAsymmetry Author:Jasper Fforde
“Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts....Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends have advised me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses and everything else, it is hard for me to believe the white men any more.” MenBelieveHeartHas BeensTwoHardDoneBigsEarthTogetherWhiteMy FriendsHorseShameNativeNative AmericanWhite ManMaking PeaceTogether AgainLodgesTwo Hearts Author:Black Kettle
“The city of Copenhagen is a climate crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport in shame. World leaders had a once in a generation chance to change the world for good, to avert catastrophic climate change. In the end they produced a poor deal full of loopholes big enough to fly Air Force One through.” MenWorldEndsEnoughBigsForceChancePoorDealsCitiesLeaderGenerationsAirCrimeSceneMen And WomenShameClimateClimate ChangeGuiltyChanging The WorldTonightAirportsAir ForceWorld LeaderFleeingLoopholesAvertCopenhagenAir Force One Author:Kumi Naidoo
“You see it is important to understand how damaged people don't always know how to say yes, or to choose the big thing, even when it is right in front of them. It's a shame we carry. The shame of wanting something good. The shame of feeling something good. The shame of not believing we deserve to stand in the same room in the same way as all those we admire. Big red As on our chests.” PeopleKnowsWayBelieveImportantFeelingsBigsRoomsKnow HowFrontsDeserveRedShameAdmireChestsBig Things Book:The Chronology of Water: A Memoir Source: The Chronology of Water: A Memoir
“Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.” WorldGivingTryingMaySelfSometimesHumorBigsLordLaughingImportanceShameFellowsVanitySense Of HumorManifestSense Of SelfSelf-importance Author:Sean O'Casey
“At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.” PeopleIfsWantMadeBigsHappensMistakeCareersRiskStageShameDecadesTragicOne TimeSaying YesBig MistakeCalculated Risk Author:Renee Fleming