Shameful Quotes

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

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

It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.

The Jews are the most hateful and the most shameful of the small nations.

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

Malevolence is shameful but satisfying.

I'm not an ascetic and please don't use the word zen, which is so lightly bandied about these days. Being zen . . . It's shameful to talk in such a way. I haven't become an ascetic but I'm not going to build up another collection. I'm going to create my new environment. I already know what I want.

It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed.

It's true that in France there is always this ridiculous complex about money. Money is cursed, shameful, money disqualifies you . . . In America, even though it is a Protestant country, it's the opposite.

It's so shameful of me: I like you.

How shameful. How predictable! How insipid. And how sweet.

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.