Embarrassing Quotes - Page 9

• Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee.

  W. C. Fields

  Marriage, Things In Life, Old Friends

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• I still go to a party and say something embarrassing to someone, and then write them a weird e-mail about it the next day, and then write them a text because I think they didn't get the e-mail. No matter what happens with your level of success, you still have to deal with all the baggage that is yourself.

  Lena Dunham

  Party, Writing, Thinking

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• Don't be so quick to throw away your life. No matter how disgraceful or embarrassing it may be, you need to keep struggling to find your way out until the very end.

  Norihiro Yagi

  Struggle, Needs, May

  "Claymore". Manga by Norihiro Yagi, 2001-2014.

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• Watch out for people who think it's embarrassing not to know.

  Ray Dalio

  Life, Thinking, People

  Ray Dalio (2017). “Principles: Life and Work”, p.363, Simon and Schuster

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• There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

  Carl T. Rowan

  Embarrassing Questions, Answers, Embarrassment

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• Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.

  Tom Schulman

  Thinking, Dead Poets Society, Worthless

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• A woman puts on a new dress eyeliner lip gloss to please others. A woman paints her toes to please herself. And if there was one thing I was familiar with it was pleasing...There's no way to finish that sentence without embarrassing myself.

  Molly Harper

  Dresses, Way, Toes

  Molly Harper (2009). “Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

  Calvin Miller

  Lying, Gold, Treasure

  Calvin Miller (2011). “Letters to a Young Pastor”, p.12, David C Cook

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• People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is - just be a little kinder.

  Aldous Huxley

  Years, People, Technique

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• It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Government, Wind, Political

  "Steal This Book Too!‎". Book by Sean Curtis, 2004.

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• Obama is not embarrassing. The country is embarrassing.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Country

  "Harvey Weinstein Says on CNN 'Obama's Not Embarrassing; the Country Is Embarrassing'". "The Piers Morgan Live Show", www.newsbusters.org. November 19, 2013.

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• There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation.

  Robert Breault

  Silence, Conversation

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• We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.

  Chris Patten

  Writing, Government, Wish

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• It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.

  Arthur Hiller

  Awards, Embarrassment, Should

  "Arthur Hiller, Director of 'Love Story,' Dies at 92" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 17, 2016.

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• I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.

  George Mikes

  Funny, Humor, Average

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• To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

  Cary Grant

  Writing, People, World

  Nancy Lynn Nelson, Cary Grant (1991). “Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best”, William Morrow & Company

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• I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And then I can't think what came over me, but I did this or that or the other.' I nearly always know how I will act and I nearly always act in that way. I don't catch myself out in embarrassing situations because I've acted without forethought. I calculate what I will do.

  Quentin Crisp

  Thinking, Way, Emotion

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• You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

  Janet Evanovich

  Giving, Awkward, Way

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• I've done some stupid things. You just have to take responsibility, go, That was embarrassing, and move forward as best you can.

  Kiefer Sutherland

  Mistake, Stupid, Moving

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• I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn't change one thing - all the embarrassing moments, the defeats, all of everything - through all of this, I have learned me.

  Floyd Patterson

  Sports, Order, Weather

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• Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the ways that you’re sneaky, all the ways that you hide out, all the ways that you shut down, deny, close off, criticize people, all your weird little ways. You can know all of that with some sense of humor and kindness. By knowing yourself, you’re coming to know humanness altogether. We are all up against these things. We are all in this together.

  Pema Chodron

  Kindness, Healing, Knowing

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• I remember being away somewhere, and I had forgotten it was Valentine's Day with a person, and that was very embarrassing.

  Bradley Cooper

  Valentines Day, Valentine's Day, Remember

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• I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing.

  Emma Watson

  Sexy, Eyebrows, Confusing

  "Emma Watson: Being Sexy Is Embarrassing", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2009.

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• My most embarrassing moment was when I was a student at Tufts University and decided to go 'streaking' with a group of girls in the middle of January. Somehow I lost them and ended up being chased by the campus police.

  Meredith Vieira

  Girl, Police, Groups

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• I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I'll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It's a little embarrassing to admit it; I'm an old man now. It's important to me though.

  Keith Richards

  Sleep, Men, Animal

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