Quotes About Guilt

Thou canst not say I did it: never shakeThy gory locks at me.

O! my offense is rank, it smells to heaven;It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't;A brother's murder!

And then it started like a guilty thingUpon a fearful summons.

To show an unfelt sorrow is an officeWhich the false man does easy.

Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore CawdorShall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try.

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this bloodClean from my hand? No, this my hand will ratherThe multitudinous seas incarnadine,Making the green one red.

That would hang us, every mother's son.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood:Stones have been known to move and trees to speak.

The air-drawn dagger.

I am in bloodStepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more,Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder.

Out, damned spot out, I say

The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.

The chase, the sport of kings;Image of war, without its guilt.

We are all guilty... [But the opportunity to make money] can draw a film across the eyes, so thick, that total blindness could do no more... A trade founded in iniquity must be abolished... let the consequences be what they will.

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

For the fire consumes all but the arsonist.

When people get hurt,they learn to hate...when people hurt others,they become hated and racked with guilt.But knowing that pain allows people to be kind.Pain allows people to grow...and how you grow is up to you.

I appreciate the chance to visit my mom on Mother's Day -- it's like taking a refresher course in guilt.

I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.