Quotes tagged ‘Guilt’

“Grief has become a sort of all-encompassing buzzword of late, as a way to capture the feeling of living through calamity, but I don’t think we should be so quick to call that feeling one of grieving.”

— Brandy Jensen, jezebel.com

“All the guilt. It's lazy energy. It doesn't change the past and it doesn't shape the future.”

— Ava DuVernay, Robin Swicord, Grace Cuffee, Suzzanne Douglas, imdb.com

“Brett Ridgeman: I thought Denise cooked. Anthony Lurasetti: Only at her place. She only shops at organic stores the specialize in assuaging guilt. [Later, offers Ridgeman some mints, and he takes one] Anthony Lurasetti: Take two.”

— S. Craig Zahler, Brett Ridgeman, Mel Gibson, imdb.com

“I feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those things you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple human decency. And I miss my home, because I'm beginning to get scared shitless, because all of a sudden it's clos…”

— Paddy Chayefsky, Max Schumacher, William Holden, imdb.com

“Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, I can't do this anymore. Mrs. Robinson: You what? Benjamin: This is all terribly wrong. Mrs. Robinson: Do you find me undesirable? Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. I think, I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends. I mean that.”

— Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, Ben Braddock, Dustin Hoffman, imdb.com

“A ghost can be a lot of things. A memory, a daydream, a secret. Grief, anger, guilt. But, in my experience, most times they're just what we want to see.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“Guilt! That means love! I had to come home and confess!”

— Philip Rosenthal, Ray Barone, Ray Romano, imdb.com

“Wait a few trillion years, the guilt will fade.”

— Andrew Law, Chidi Anagonye, William Jackson Harper, imdb.com

“Doing something for your sister out of love is far more important than doing something for me out of guilt.”

— Brenda Hampton, Annie Camden, Catherine Hicks, imdb.com

“Guilt is like salt. You put a little on, and it hides all the bitterness.”

— Hallie Lambert, Commander Klaes Ashford, David Strathairn, imdb.com

“Let me tell you about guilt. It's like crime, it doesn't pay.”

— Ann Marcus, Jerry Adelman, Mae Olinski, Salome Jens, imdb.com

“If I ever do cheat on you, it's going to be a cash transaction with a guaranteed ejaculation, after which she immediately leaves so I can ponder suicide because of how guilty I feel.”

— Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Rob Norris, Rob Delaney, imdb.com

“Roxie: This is journalism, you write the truth and let the chips fall where they may. Sabrina: But what if the chips destroy somebody? Roxie: I think I'm beginning to understand who Sabrina Spellman is. You can't handle the truth! Sabrina: I can handle the truth. I just can't handle the guilt.”

— Laurie Gelman, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“The study of sex is the beginning of all life. Yet we sit like prudish cavemen in the dark riddled with shame and guilt.”

— Michelle Ashford, Dr. William Masters, Michael Sheen, imdb.com

“Dr. Jason Seaver: [after catching his kids having a party] Carol, what was going on in there that you couldn't hear what was happening out here? Carol Seaver: Dad, I don't like what you're implying! [Carol leaves until Mike and Jason see sawdust handprints behind her black skirt] Dr. Jason Seaver: S…”

— Shelly Landau, Dr. Jason Seaver, Alan Thicke, imdb.com

“You're talking about Midwestern love. I'm talking about Bronx love. There's a certain amount of guilt that goes with that. My mother wants the people she loves to feel guilty.”

— James L. Brooks, Rhoda Morgenstern, Valerie Harper, imdb.com

“You know what family means to me, Lemon? Resentment. Guilt. Anger. Easter egg hunts that turn into knife fights.”

— Ron Weiner, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“Mr. O'Brien: Alright, now I'm gonna ask you some questions. Failure to be truthful, and your responses will be interpreted as an acknowledgment of guilt. Do you understand? Butt-head: Uh…yeah. [detector buzzes 'false'] Uh huh huh. Uh, I mean, no. [detector dings 'true'] Huh huh huh.”

— Peter Gaffney, Mike Judge, Butt-head, Mike Judge, imdb.com

“Robert: I mean, what if we'll never be able to be happy because our entire relationship was based on lies and betrayals so awful that karmically we're doomed? Sol: Wow, you're more Jewish than I am. Robert: Well, we Catholics know our way around guilt, too.”

— Howard J. Morris, Marta Kauffman, Robert Hanson, Martin Sheen, imdb.com

“Keith: What's so strange? David: I don't know … the thought that I just got blown in the same bed where my mom used to read me The Runaway Bunny.”

— Craig Wright, Keith Charles, Mathew St. Patrick, imdb.com