Shame quotes

“Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.”
Blake Edwards

“Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion.”
Kirk Douglas - Col. Dax

“I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor... I accept that.”

Tom Cruise - Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

- Charles Morse: You know, I once read an interesting book which said that most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame.
- Stephen: What?
- Charles Morse: Yeah, see, they die of shame. "What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?”. And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would... (continue)(continue reading)
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Charles Morse
Harold Perrineau - Stephen
Alec Baldwin - Robert Green

“- Rayon's Father: I suppose I should thank you for wearing men's clothes and not embarrassing me.
- Rayon: Are you ashamed of me? 'Cause I hadn't realized that.
- Rayon's Father: God help me.
- Rayon: He is helping you. I have AIDS.”
James DuMont - Rayon's Father
Jared Leto - Rayon

“- Charlotte Selton: You have done nothing for which you should be ashamed.
- Benjamin Martin: I have done nothing. And for that I am ashamed.”
Joely Richardson - Charlotte Selton
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“Stop laughing at me!”

Juliette Lewis - Carla

“Well, you should be embarrassed because your parents named you after bottled water!”

Molly Shannon - Mary Katherine Gallagher

“There is no shame in being poor! Only in dressing poorly!”
George Hamilton - Bunny Wigglesworth

“We all got to be ashamed once. So we don't do things again when we got be ashamed of.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“Shame is a wasted emotion.”
Chris Colfer - Kurt Hummel

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but rather it’s source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.”
- Uncle

“How do you feel about yourself? Are you proud of your behavior? Are you ashamed of your behavior? You know in your heart if you have hurt someone — you know. If you have hurt someone, don't wait another day before making things right.”
Catherine E. Coulson - Log Lady

“I am the heir to the throne of Zamunda. I shall not be shamed by my two daughters.”
Eddie Murphy - Prince Akeem

“I hate the British! You are defeated but you have no shame. You are stubborn but you have no pride. You endure but you have no courage. I hate the British!”
Sessue Hayakawa - Colonel Saito

“You don't get it, Barnum. It's not about the money. Our own mothers were ashamed of us, they hid us our whole lives.”
Keala Settle - Lettie Lutz

“Miss Piggott! Please keep in mind that it's Sunday, and this is a Catholic country!”

Jack Lemmon - Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

“- Dr. Watson: Where's your self-control?
- Sherlock Holmes: Fair question.
- Dr. Watson: Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
- Sherlock Holmes: Thoroughly. This will take care of it.”

Colin Blakely - Dr. Watson
Robert Stephens - Sherlock Holmes

“We need guilt, Doctor. And shame. But not yours.”

Dakota Johnson - Susie

“- Annabelle Lee: Did Johnnie enlist?
- Annabelle's Brother: He didn't even get in line.
- Annabelle's Father: He's a disgrace to the South.”
Marion Mack - Annabelle Lee
Frank Barnes - Annabelle's Brother
Charles Henry Smith - Annabelle's Father

“Ladies and gentlemen of this Congress, it pains my soul to tell you that you have brought blood and shame under this great dome.”
Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans

“-Eli Sunday: We have a sinner with us here who wishes for salvation. Daniel, are you a sinner?
- Plainview: Yes. What do you want me to say?
- Eli Sunday: Oh, Daniel, you've come here and you've brought good and wealth, but you have also brought your bad habits as a backslider. You've lusted after women, and you have abandoned your child - your...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Dano - Eli Sunday
Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Plainview

“Bashful, he's the one everybody forgets.”
Beth Daly - Librarian

“I'm going to retire, withdraw from public life, and become a hermit crab.”
Ben Stiller - Derek Zoolander

“When they get older and you can't give them as much as other children, they're ashamed of you. And when you give them everything and put them through college, they're ashamed of you.”

Maurice Moscovitch - Max Rubens