Quotes tagged ‘Shame’

“I was too shy to ask any of the girls I knew at school, but there was this new girl in class, and because she was new, it was open season on her. As luck would have it, she was put at the desk directly in front of me in the classroom, so one morning I plucked up courage and asked her, without any id…”

— Eric Clapton, amazon.com

“Even making a valid point doesn't warrant using shame or intentionally putting someone on the spot in front of other people.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“Every morning starts like this, graphic sex talk. Thankfully, I’m able to tune most of it out. When people talk like this, they’re either insecure or they’re full of shame.”

— Kor Adana, Randolph Leon, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com

“Now your face is going to be on one of those tapes. When I find it, I'm going to paper the city with it, just like you did with those women. Everyone will see it. They won't be able to ignore you now. But you won't inspire fear, you'll inspire hatred and ridicule because the only power someone like…”

— Charles Murray, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

“You cannot shame or belittle people into changing. This means we can't use self-hate to lose weight, we can't shame ourselves into becoming better parents and we can't belittle ourselves or our families into becoming who we need them to be. Putting people on the 'loser board' doesn't work. Shame cor…”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“Honesty that's motivated by shame, anger, fear or hurt is not 'honesty.' It's shame, anger fear or hurt disguised as honesty.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“It is better to be feared than laughed at.”

— George R. R. Martin, Theon Greyjoy, amazon.com

“Gemma: Clay's never gonna...want to be inside something that's been ripped up like me. Tara: Jesus Christ, Gemma, Clay loves you. Gemma: Love don't mean shit. Men need to own their pussy. His has been violated. He'll find another. It's what they do.”

— Kurt Sutter, Jack LoGiudice, Gemma Teller Morrow, Katey Sagal, imdb.com

“One of the most important benefits of reaching out to others is learning that the experiences that make us feel the most alone are actually universal experiences.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“You might argue that Ron is a batterer and that any language that softens or obscures this fact leaves him less accountable for his actions, but Ron will be more likely to accept responsibility and feel remorse if he can view himself as more than a batterer. For people to look squarely at their harm…”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“Are we using shame as punishment because we think it will foster real change in people? Or are we shaming others because it feels good to make people suffer when we are in fear, anger, or judgment?”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“The time has come to explore the possibility that we are safer in a world where people aren't mired in shame.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“It didn't take very long for me to reach the conclusion that there is nothing positive about shame. In any form, in any context and through any delivery system, shame is destructive. The idea that there are two types, healthy shame and toxic shame, did not bear out in any of my research.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“Courage could mean to slay the dragon. But could it also mean to tame our fears?”

— Jane Spahr, amazon.com

“Even with all our awareness about media manipulation and eating disorders, the issue just does not seem to be getting better. Body image and weight emerged as a shame issue in approximately 90 percent of the women I interviewed.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“When I fell in love, all the shame and guilt I carried with me for years suddenly vanished.”

— Gilbert Baker, independent.co.uk

“We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men. If on this new continent we merely build another country of great but u…”

— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org

“It can never be erased. It'll follow us wherever we go for the rest of our lives. I'll never be able to get a job. I mean, doesn't that concern you? Everything I've worked for...down the drain because of one stupid mistake. I mean, aren't we entitled to make one mistake in our lives, Jerry?”

— Larry David, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“All you people with hair think you're so damn superior! You have no idea what it's like. You ever look down in the bottom of your tub and see a fist fulla hair? How'd you like to start your day with that?”

— Peter Mehlman, Toupee Salesman, Basil Hoffman, imdb.com

“Well you know all my life I've been running away from that name. That's why I wouldn't tell anybody. But I've been thinking about it. All this time I'm trying not to be me. I'm afraid to face who I was. But I'm Cosmo, Jerry. I'm Cosmo Kramer. And that's who I'm going to be. From now on that's who I'…”

— Bruce Kirschbaum, Sam Kass, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com