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Quotes About Embarrassment

I hid the fact that I had an aneurysm for a very long time. I was embarrassed, and I just felt like no one needed to know because it made me look weak. Who would of thought someone my age, at 23, had a brain aneurysm?
~ Tamala Jones
Getting on a plane and discovering that your seat belt won't fit around you was a moment of extreme horror. It was very hard to ignore.
~ Shonda Rhimes
I'm not a big fan of guitar face: you know, when someone's playing guitar, and they make this really embarrassing face, like they smush their lips together and... they look you in the eye, and it's really humiliating.
~ Lucas Till
I've done some bits of shockingly bad TV that have never been shown, or at least I hope they've never been shown... Please don't dig them out!
~ Elliot Cowan
When I read out loud in class, it was a joy for everyone else because I would mispronounce things so badly. I used to try to count how many people were in front of me and then work out which paragraph I would have to read out and start trying to learn it. And I would sit there thinking, 'Please let the bell go so that it doesn't get round to me.'
~ James William Middleton
Plenty of couples snipe at each other in sometimes embarrassing ways in front of company.
~ Tina Brown
I'm always ripping clothing. It's so embarrassing.
~ Rebel Wilson
We thought why don't we just make ourselves the marks of the show. Have our three friends turn the screws on each of us and let the collateral embarrassment be the source of the comedy.
~ Joe Gatto
It's embarrassing to say you want to be a comedian. Admitting that you want attention and you think you're such a laugh.
~ Natasia Demetriou
My mum at my competitions is the most embarrassing person in the world. She just screams so loud.
~ Kadeena Cox
I once nodded off during one of my own concerts. While I was playing.
~ Stephen Hough
When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.
~ Pamela Druckerman
I got suspended from school once, and my dad came to the school and whooped me in front of everyone. I didn't want that to happen again, didn't want to be embarrassed like that. The guys that I ran with, they respected that and respected my dad too.
~ Gary Payton
When I fight, part of the swagger that I had when I used to fight on the street comes out. When I fought on the street, I used to try to embarrass someone for even wanting to fight me.
~ Rashad Evans
In junior high P.E., I was way too shy to take a shower in front of the other kids. It was a horribly awkward time - body hair, odors... So I'd go from my sweaty shirt back into my regular clothes and have to continue the day.
~ Will Ferrell
I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.
~ Silvia Colloca
I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was an absolute embarrassment to read it. All these horrible mucked-up bits of syntax, over-the-top adjectives. I found myself editing it while reading. Alert listeners will notice the difference.
~ Simon Schama
Some feeling had started in my stomach and was traveling up to my face, and I knew that when it got there I would turn bright red and hear the ocean, which is what happens when I get put on the spot. If I don't cry, I turn red and hear the ocean. It's a lose-lose situation.
~ Rebecca Stead
She saw a roach pass by her foot, and she instantly lifted it up and brought it down on the roach. She didn't want anyone to see her shame. Not even roaches.
~ Reyna Grande
Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. I'm glad you're not a guinea pig. Me, too. I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.
~ Rick Riordan
It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the internet- You invented the internet? It was my idea , Martha said. Rats are delicious , George said. It was my idea! Hermes said. I mean the internet, not the rats. But that's not the point.
~ Rick Riordan
Nico, you can do this, Jason said. It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter. Nico didn't look convinced. In fact he looked like he was going to be sick. But he squared his shoulders and nodded. You're right. I- I'm not afraid of a love god. Favonius beamed. Excellent! Would you like a snack before you go?
~ Rick Riordan
Are you kidding? She looked at me as if I'd just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red. What's the problem now? I demanded. Me, go with you to the...the 'Thrill Ride of Love'? How embarrassing is that? What if somebody saw me? Who's going to see you? But my face was burning now, too. Leave it to a girl to make everything complicated. Fine, I told her. I'll do it myself. But when I started down the side of the pool, she followed me, muttering about how boys always messed things up.
~ Rick Riordan
I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.
~ Rick Riordan