“I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter.” IfsKnowsGivingWellsMatterStuffLaughingPsychologySeriousShameIslamDefeatedUnderestimateRidiculeDeterrentBravadoPomposity Author:Ali Sina
“If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes no costly demands and which fails to distinguish between natural and Christian existence, then we cannot help regarding the cross as an ordinary everyday calamity, as one of the trials and tribulations of life. We have then forgotten that the cross means rejection and shame as well as suffering .” IfsWellsMeanHelpingChristianSufferingNaturalExistenceChristianityFailingEmotionalSeriousDemandOrdinaryCrossesShameEverydayForgottenTrialsUpliftingRejectionDiscipleshipCalamityTribulationTrials And Tribulations Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“One of the glories of doing the book So You Want to Be President? was the shifts in tone, where I was able to be humorous and then very serious. And the impeachment page is certainly the best example of that. I didn't have to think too much about how to present this one. I got the idea right away that a good way of showing the shame of President Nixon would be to put him down in the shadows under the Lincoln Monument, with Lincoln sort of glaring down at him from an elevated, better-lit position.” ThinkingBookPresidentSeriousGloryHumorousShadowShameMonumentPresident Nixon Author:David Small
“She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed her. She gave him a thousand opportunities; she fought to turn his words to serious things. He baffled her with his shallow smile and ready tongue, that twisted all topics to triviality. By six o'clock she was morally on her knees before him; she was imploring him to stay to dinner with her. He refused.” MenSoulBodyTurnsOpportunityFireSeriousReadyThousandSixShameDinnerTongueClockKneesShallowTopicsTwistedConsumedDepartedBaffledTrivialitySerious ThingsBurnt Out Author:Aleister Crowley
“You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.” ThinkingMadeParentSacrificeDangerSeriousProudShameMediocreNihilist Author:Marjane Satrapi
“You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.” ThinkingGivingFeelsMomentsLandSeriousPagesLaughterShameHarmInnocentFancyMirthSerious Things Book:The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“I bet you never heard of a playa with no game, Told the truth to get what I want, but shot it with no shame. Take this music dead serious while others entertain. I see they makin' they paper so I guess I can't complain...or can I? I feel they disrespectin' the whole thang. Them hooks like sellin' dope to black folks, And I choke when the food they serve ain't tastin' right, My stomach can't digest it even when I bless it.” WantFeelsI CanWholeGamesBlackHeardSeriousPaperShotsShameFolksHip HopRapComplainingBlessStomachHookChokeDopePlayas Author:Andre Benjamin
“Your teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one can take exception. If it does, no opponent will be able to find anything bad to say about us, and hostility will yield to shame.” IfsDoeAbleSoundTeachingSeriousIntegrityShameOpponentsExceptionThought ProvokingYieldProvokingHostility Author:Paul the Apostle
“I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further than that. I should say that it is from time to time the duty of a serious investor to accept the depreciation of his holdings with equanimity and without reproaching himself. … An investor…should be aiming primarily at long-period results, and should be solely judged by these.” FeelsShouldLongStillsFoundResultsAcceptingShareSeriousDutyPeriodsShameBottomInvestorsJudgedEquanimityDepreciation Author:John Maynard Keynes