#shame

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#calls #immoral #own #shame #show

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people. ↗

— Louie Anderson

#any #anybody #ashamed #did #done

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. ↗

— Elton John

#fact #i #machine #more #taking

I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies. ↗

— Tommy Kirk

#been #being #gay #i #never

Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first. ↗

— Paul Klee

#beautiful #beautiful woman #beauty #because #certain

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#fiend #full-time #i #once #shameless

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#author #bad #citing #good #i

I have to tell them that last night was a shameful train wreck filled with blind cuddly puppies. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#cuddly #filled #i #last #last night

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#be a man #being #being a girl #body #fights

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful. ↗

— George Takei

#came #camp #first #i #out