“If you have no shame, and it’s your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?” PeopleIfsGoalHigherBedShameRate Author:Stephen Malkmus
“If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down.” PeopleIfsRealityTaughtTvsShameTaught UsReality Tv Author:LIZ
“So many people pass up older dogs, which is a shame. With an older dog, you know what you are getting.” PeopleKnowsDogShame Author:Lisa Jakub
“It’s a shame...you just don’t see young people doing anything outside these days.” PeopleYoungShameThese Days Author:William H. Macy
“I'm of the old-fashioned opinion that shame can be used for all sorts of good in society. An example of this is smoking: When someone lights up around a crowd, people now usually say something. So I don't understand why it's not OK to apply the same logic to other behaviors.” PeopleLightUsedOpinionExampleBehaviorLogicShameCrowdsSmokingOld FashionedLight Up Author:Keli Goff
“I wanted other women to know there's no shame in talking about it. People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your business, but at the same time what does that mean? You don't tell your employers you're pregnant, but then when you miscarry no one knows you miscarried. Miscarrying is a horrible painful event.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMeanDoeWholeWantedTalkingEventsShamePainfulWhole WorldHorriblePregnantEmployers Author:Laura Benanti
“People have a lot of shame and suffering around it and I felt that the best thing I could do was to share my experiences, which I have been doing for a long time, and let people know that of all the things that I've endured.” PeopleKnowsLongHas BeensSufferingFeltShareLong TimeShameBest Things Author:Margaret Cho
“Even the Westerns that I grew up with, the Sergio Leone's and all that, there was always a sort of anti-hero, a guy reluctant to shame even, to pick up the gun again because he wants to help other people, and he does, he uses his skills for that.” PeopleWantDoeHelpingUseGuyGrewHeroSkillsGrew UpPicksGunShameHelping OthersReluctantAnti HeroSergio Leone Author:Antoine Fuqua
“We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of our public is growing. Those people are suckers for the demagogue.” PeopleGrowingShamePopulationPortionsUnfortunatePercentagesSucker Author:Walter Cronkite
“Time will come and some people will be proud of themselves that they have never believed in any religion! This honour will be belonging to the clever people of the society only! For the others, merely the deep shame will remain!” PeopleProudShameCleverBelongingHonourBe Proud Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I know people are going to be suspicious about everyone now. I know I don't have anything to hide. I've never done anything. It's just a shame it's gotten to this point.” PeopleKnowsDoneShameSuspicious Author:Ryan Howard
“The only crying shame about it is, when good things happen to you, you run short of time. It takes the same amount of time, however, to tell people, 'It's good to see you again. I'm sorry we only have a minute to talk,' as it does to say, 'I don't have time to talk with you' period.” PeopleDoeHappensRunningMinutesCryAmountPeriodsShameGood ThingsSorryThings HappenI'm SorryYou Again Author:Barbara Mandrell
“The outsider hero is hero riding into town, he's the gunslinger, shame - the same thing, he didn't want to do it anymore, he wanted to live a different life but part of who you are sort of haunts you and you can't run away from evil and if you have special skills, and most people are mistreated, which is unfortunately in our world, we always need an equalizer, that type of character to come to our rescue.” PeopleIfsWorldWantNeedsDifferentCharacterRunningWantedEvilSpecialTypeHeroSkillsTownsShameWho You AreOur WorldRunning AwayRidingRescueOutsidersDifferent LifeEqualizerMistreatedGunslinger Author:Antoine Fuqua
“People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in Shame, and she was a suicidal mess. I said, "She's not strong at all; she's incredibly weak." But "strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.” PeopleBelieveMeanPersonsSaidTwoRealCharacterRememberStrongRolesWeakShameMessSuicidalDepictionNot StrongStrong Character Author:Carey Mulligan
“Our president is a Christian? So was Adolf Hitler. What can be said to our young people, now that psychopathic personalities, which is to say persons without consciences, without senses of pity or shame, have taken all the money in the treasuries of our government and corporations, and made it all their own?” PeoplePersonsMadeSaidGovernmentChristianYoungPresidentTakenPersonalityConscienceShameSensesPityMade ItCorporationsTreasuryPsychopathic Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.” PeopleIfsTryingWellsLawUsedOrderVirtueShamePunishmentPropriety Author:Confucius
“Assume that a surgeon has discovered how to do brain surgery, that he can do only one a month, that 1,000 persons a year need such an operation if they are to survive. How is the surgeon's scarce resource to be allocated? Charge whatever price is necessary to adjust supply and demand, say $50,000! 'For shame,' some will cry. 'Your market system will save only wealthy people.' For the moment, yes. But soon there will be hundreds of surgeons who will acquire the same skill; and, as in the case of the once scarce and expensive 'miracle drugs,' the price then will be within reach of all.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsPersonsMomentsCan DoBrainCasesCryMonthsDrugSkillsDemandResourcesMiracleShameAssumingOperationsAcquireExpensiveWealthySurgerySurgeonsScarceWithin ReachSupply And DemandBrain SurgeryScarce Resources Author:Leonard Read
“You talk about the Pro-Life movement being one of the great shames of our nation. I think, if you want number two, I think - I think it's that. I think it's absolute - it's a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTwoNationsNumbersCasesRightsMovementGayDeserveAbsolutesShamePro LifeBasic RightsTravesty Author:Jon Stewart
“I want to show people as they are, not glorified, no shame - fat, bulges, wrinkles and all. I want the work to be disturbing, unsettling, provocative, challenging, and thought provoking.” PeopleWantShowsChallengesShameFatsThought ProvokingProvokingDisturbingWrinklesProvocative Author:Judy Dater
“I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.” PeopleThinkingWholeDoubtShameWhole Life Author:Dolly Parton
“There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldFirstsLittlesPlayJobsInformationShameAngryImpressionReleaseInterviewsChestsGoogleFirst ImpressionJob Interview Author:Patrick Stump
“The Cuban public is hugely cinephile. It's a shame that most of the movie theaters are so deteriorated. The sense of spectacle has been lost a little, but even so, people continue to go.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensLostTheaterShameCubanMovie Theater Author:Fernando Perez
“Over and over again in my life, I find closeness to other people and proximity to other people really painful; that's part of my mental illness, social anxiety. Closeness to other people is really hard, but it's also a shame because it's all you want too. But it doesn't always work.” PeopleWantHardSocialAnxietyShamePainfulIllnessMental IllnessClosenessProximitySocial Anxiety Author:Adam Duritz
“Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.” PeopleLinesCommonVirtueTroubleShameGuidesPunishmentReformRite Book:Confucius: The Analects Source: Confucius: The Analects
“People didn't feel so much shame around it and that they didn't feel so much humiliation around it. And the other thing that people have given me a lot of feedback about - something I'm very excited about - is all the stuff around chemo as an "empathetic warrior."” PeopleFeelsGivenStuffShameExcitedWarriorHumiliationFeedbackEmpathetic Author:Eve Ensler
“That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.” PeopleWorldEndsWould BeAblePovertyWorstShameHungryGlobal Poverty Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“These nutbags, like Santorum and Bachmann, who make these people and especially young gay kids feel miserable, shame on them. They're quacks. I would never vote for them. I wouldn't even listen to them because there but for the grace of God go they.” PeopleFeelsKidsYoungGraceGayVoteShameMiserableGrace Of GodQuacks Author:Howard Stern
“I have received many touching letters and emails from people who live in the most religious parts of the country, in places like rural Texas, saying it is so good to see someone be able to say I am an atheist without shame.” PeopleCountryAbleReligiousLettersShameAtheistTexasTouchingEmail Author:Susan Jacoby
“And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.” PeopleFeelsYearsStillsEnoughStrongChangedBattleDiseaseShameStrong EnoughHivStigmaTransmissionHiv PositiveUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].” PeopleBattleShameAidsTestedUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are our superheroes. These are our people, and I would love to see us own this side of our history with pride.” PeopleNeedsSidesLevelsPrideShameSuperhero Author:Jurnee Smollett
“When I was writing the book, I thought "Who wants to hear another story about some actor who lost his way?" But my story is a little unique in that I realized when I was 14 years old that I was different. I think a lot of gay people use drugs and alcohol to quell that fear and shame - especially people of my age.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingYearsLittlesBookDifferentStoriesUseAgeActorsLostGayDrugUniqueShameAlcoholI RealizedGay PeopleDrugs And Alcohol Author:Leslie Jordan
“To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear away. They're not afraid, they're adventurous.” PeopleTodayMovingShameNot AfraidAbandonmentAdventurous Author:Malachy McCourt
“I felt sorry for Senzo Meyiwa family and for the people of South Africa because it's a shame we lost such a huge talent. In all the games he had played I think he didn't concede any goal.” PeopleThinkingGamesLostFeltGoalTalentHugeShameSouthSorrySouth Africa Author:Stephen Keshi
“I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.” PeopleIfsLongStillsEnoughSongRealizingRecordsWrittenHeardShameExcited Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I feel like it's been important for me to use my own personal experiences with food and money to help people to not feel ashamed. I felt so much shame about my own experiences.” PeopleFeelsImportantHelpingUseFeltMy OwnShameAshamedPersonal Experiences Author:Geneen Roth
“Since I come from a family of mental instability, and I have suffered depression myself, I knew that living in shame is senseless and painful, and that by talking about it, I have come to peace with it. The stigma behind people's suffering needs to end. We as a community need to embrace these disorders, try to understand them (if only just to talk about them) so that we can cease being defined by them.” PeopleIfsNeedsTryingEndsSufferingCommunityBehindsTalkingShameEmbracePainfulCeaseDefinedDisorderStigmaInstability Author:Mariel Hemingway
“I think in its own small way, it did push people to be more accepting of different kinds of music. It definitely made music more egalitarian in terms of, it took away the shame of the goofy bands that you liked.” PeopleThinkingWayKindMadeDifferentTermAcceptingBandShameDifferent KindsGoofyDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Jancee Dunn
“I just - you know, some people just have some very full laughter - full of joy - and have no shame or fear of letting that out.” PeopleKnowsJoyLaughterShame Author:Ray Liotta
“One out of four people internationally believe if their country goes to war, The United States would be the opponent. As a veteran, I hang my head in shame over that.” PeopleIfsBelieveWarCountryStatesWould BeUnitedUnited StatesFourShameOpponentsVeteran Author:Jesse Ventura
“People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.” PeoplePassionWorstShameDareEnvyVain Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It's a shame that people are resisting vetting programs that would actually just keep out those who want to do us harm.” PeopleWantProgramShameHarmResisting Author:Kellyanne Conway
“It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for president that has been offered by the Republican party. Such people seem to be motivated only by short-sighted greed, ignorance, fear and hatred.” PeopleHumansHas BeensSeemsCausesPresidentPartyRaceIgnoranceRepublicanMembersHatredVoteShameSpeciesGreedHuman RaceCandidatesMotivatedRepublican PartyShort Sighted Author:Allen W. Wood
“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMindWellsDoeEndsHardWholeJoyGuyWatchesViolenceSeeingWorstHappeningsPerformancesShameValleysFoolishnessThis GuyBravado Author:Ti West
“It's a shame to see these young chicks bungle their lives away in a flurry and rush to compete with what was in the old days the goodtime relationships we had with the GTOs and people like that. When it came to looning, they could give us as much of a looning as we could give them. It's a shame, really.” PeopleGivingYoungShameChicksOld Days Author:Robert Plant
“You are an American, so you're hurt that other American citizens have been hurt, but you end up having to shoulder the shame for something that you don't even believe. There's a lot of years where Muslims have dealt with having to make themselves very small and not disrupt the flow and not - make sure that you're not noticed because, you know, deep down inside people are not really excited that you're around .” PeopleKnowsYearsBelieveHas BeensEndsHurtCitizensFlowShameExcitedShouldersDeep DownAmerican CitizensBeen Hurt Author:Mahershala Ali
“I may have disparaged the idea that people are looking at films on smaller and smaller screens... it's a shame that people have to watch DVDs with the lights on in a television-type situation where people are wandering in and out of the room. Movies are different from television, and you cannot watch movies like television. It distorts it.” PeopleMayIdeasDifferentLightFilmRoomsSituationWatchesTelevisionTypeShameScreensWanderDvdsWatch Movie Author:Oliver Stone
“As for uniqueness, this is virtually nonexistent! And it's a shame that people think they're unique because they have a face ring, retro clothing, colorful hair, drive a certain kind of automobile or listen to some obscure musician.” PeopleThinkingKindFacesCertainHairMusicianUniqueShameRingsClothingsUniquenessObscureAutomobileColorfulRetro Author:Gary Yourofsky
“I have made you - along with Fox News has made you - think Obama is something that he isn't. And it's such a shame. I have so distorted who the real Obama is in your mind, that it is paralyzing our government. It is paralyzing the Speaker of the House, who really, really, really, really wants to go in there and really, really work with Obama, but he just can't. It's hard for people like Boehner to move too far in my direction because of the misperception of me, Obama says, created by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.” PeopleThinkingWantMindMadeRealHardGovernmentMovingHouseNewsShameSpeakersFoxesFox NewsMisperception Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences with the criminal justice system and the experiences of their family. We need to ensure that the classroom environment is a supportive one so that the shame and stigma can be dispelled.” PeopleThinkingNeedsImportantStoriesYoungSpeakJusticeEnvironmentShameCriminalsClassroomSupportiveStigmaJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Michelle Alexander