#shame

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. ↗

— Shelley Winters

#american #artistic #body #damaging #disgusting

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#melody #never #people #remember #write

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. ↗

— Martha Beck

#arbitrary #beauty #beliefs #body #exists

It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about. ↗

— Steve Brown

#band #because #big #mind #real

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#fear #guides #i #just #know

Doubt is the brother of shame. ↗

— Erik Erikson

#doubt #shame

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#ashamed #been #being #grandparents #having

I gave up shame a long time ago. ↗

— John Lithgow

#gave #i #long #long time #shame

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty. ↗

— Titus Livius

#being #nothing #parsimony #poverty #than

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#actions #bad #because #built #does