#humiliate

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#books #culture #films #form #humiliated

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#also #battles #between #conflict #deeply

Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#came #compassion #deep #exalted #high

It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#insult

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#because #been #believe #humiliated #i

I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#i #people #put #readily #themselves

I should just drive around this city and take photos of all the buildings I've been humiliated in. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#been #buildings #city #drive #humiliated

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#business #cannes #costume #humiliate #i

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#consequently #correct #find #humiliate #intention

I have no ego, I'll make fun of myself, and I'll make fun of being humiliated. I get it. ↗

— Selma Blair

#ego #fun #humiliated #i #make