“It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking about - but then I'm on to the next script and it's forgotten.” NextTalkingShameForgottenScripts Author:Jim Parsons
“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
“I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'” YearsSaidGuyTalkingShameDown AndConservativeSatWowThis GuyCivility Author:David Mamet
“The best antidote for loneliness, hopelessness, and fear is vulnerability: sharing your secrets and talking about what shames you, what you fear.” SecretTalkingLonelinessShameVulnerabilityHopelessnessAntidote Author:Jewel
“We're talking about everybody's free right to have choice. And so what we're also getting are interesting messages like you really need to obey the command of Allah and put a scarf on your head. And what we caution well-intentioned Americans and others to think about is whether the scarf matches their own values related to issues of honor and shame.” ThinkingNeedsWellsValuesChoicesInterestingTalkingIssuesLike YouHonorMessagesShameCommandRelatedCautionScarves Author:Asra Nomani
“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 that's the real shame: We spent the last 48 hours talking about these disgusting, disgusting comments and disgusting behavior instead of talking about hurricane relief or what's going on in Flint, Michigan. It's just appalling to have to be dealing with such nonsense and such disgusting, you know, criminal speech.” ThinkingKnowsRealLastsHoursTalkingSpeechBehaviorShameCriminalsReliefNonsenseCommentDisgustingHurricanesMichigan48 Hours Author:Natalie Portman
“I get called "ISIS" now. Why don't we have a name-and-shame weapons dealership website? Instead, we're like, "Oh my God, are you really talking about the refugees again, making yourself into a caricature?" And it's like, "Until you stop the person in your country who's making billions of dollars from selling weapons, yeah, I have to talk about refugees." Whatever I say will get twisted or messed with.” PersonsCountryNamesTalkingWeaponsShameYeahDollarsBillionsSellingRefugeeTwistedIsisWebsiteCaricatures Author:M.I.A.
“A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me. It's as if I've been caught stealing, or telling a lie; or as if I've heard other people talking about me, saying bad things about me, behind my back. There's the same flush of shame, of guilt and terror, and of cold disgust with myself. But I don't know where these feelings have come from, what I've done.” PeopleIfsKnowsDoneFeelingsTogetherLyingBehindsTalkingHeardBloodDangerousColdShameGuiltWaveCaughtTerrorStealingBad ThingsStomachDisgustingHittingShrinksPeople TalkingBehind My BackTalking About MeSaying Bad Things Book:Cat's Eye Source: Cat's Eye
“"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law in their favor, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well?” IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldWellsSaidLawSpeakSexSinCommonTalkingKnow HowGreaterShameBlameFaultsIllDenyInequalityStereotypeNormFavourBoastLicense Author:Moderata Fonte
“Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.” KnowsNeedsTalkingViolenceWalkingShamePartnersViolentTrappedDomestic ViolenceAbusiveWalking Out Author:Kate Thornton
“You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.” PeopleInspirationMotivationRaceTalkingShamePrivilegeParalyzed Author:Brené Brown
“As an advocate to end violence against women, I have come to learn that the shame surrounding domestic violence is a barrier to talking about the issue. # PurplePurse provides victims and those who support the cause with information and resources they need to take the necessary actions to break the vicious cycle with confidence.” NeedsEndsActionCausesTalkingBreakSupportIssuesViolenceInformationResourcesShameVictimBarriersCyclesViciousDomestic ViolenceViolence Against WomenVicious CyclesStop Violence Against Women Author:Rosario Dawson
“We are talking. It's a shame. What is said is murdered. Our words that will not grow any bigger or any lovelier will wilt inside our bones. Words wither feelings.” SaidFeelingsGrowsTalkingBiggerShameBonesOur Words Author:Violette Leduc