When I was a boy if a girl got pregnant the shame was placed on her and the boy could get away.

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

Judgements like "right" and "wrong"; only build barriers and encourage shame within individuals.

Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture.

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.

When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.

It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake.

Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.

Fool witch once, shame on you. Fool witch twice, oozing sores and an eternal rash in private areas.

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]

I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.

I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS.

I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.

The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.

It is a shame to confess but among all living creatures only man doesn't know what is useful for him.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame.

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

So many people pass up older dogs, which is a shame. With an older dog, you know what you are getting.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.

I feel shame, not for the wrong things I have done, but for the right things that I have failed to do.

The mind is "ashamed" of the blood. And the blood is destroyed by the mind, actually. Hence palefaces.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

The shame would be if Democrats get thrown out of office without ever having tried Democratic policies.

I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.

O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.

I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

It's very hard to shame people in Hollywood into anything because they don't often feel that kind of shame.

Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.

I don't really have any secret shames. If I like an artist, I like them. Nothing to feel embarrassed about.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.

I've always believed that makeup is a form of self-expression and there is no shame in experimenting with it.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

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