Embarrassing Quotes

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.

~ Paula Danziger

celebrate your happiness in limit so others not feel abashment.

~ Rashid Jorvee

I read the title from the cover. ' 'The joy of... crap.' ' I read the rest of the full title of the thick, nondescript volume to myself and felt myself redden.Noah turned over on to his side and said with mock seriousness, 'I have never read 'The Joy Of Crap'. Sounds disgusting.' I blushed deeper. 'I have, however, read 'The Joy Of Sex.' ' He continued, a smile transforming his face. 'Not in a while, but I think it's one of those classics you can come back to again... and again.

~ Michelle Hodkin

One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you're maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes. The pet is embarrassed and the person who committed this act of premeditated cuteness should be even more embarrassed.

~ Stephen King

I'm not leaving, Kitten. You're going to do this.My mouth opened as did the door behind us. Stomach dropping, I turned to see Mom standing there in all her fuzzy-bunny pajama glory. Oh, for the love of God.

~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not know it or them anymore.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

People are assholes, Mouse. You already know that.” He paused as he scooped some of my hair back, gently tossing the strands over my shoulder. “And there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.”I glanced over at him. Everything about his steady gaze and the serious press of his lips screamed earnest. But he was wrong. “It is...embarrassing.”“Not if you don’t let it be.” His leg brushed mine as he turned in his seat, facing me. Our eyes met. “You have the power over that. People can say crap. They can think whatever they want, but you control how you feel about it.

~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

We can hide a lot of stuff until God shows up, for when God shows up nothing is hidden, which includes both our embarrassment and His forgiveness.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There are all sorts of books offering advice on how to deal with life-threatening situations, but where's the advice on dealing with embarrassing ones?

~ Ellen Degeneres

The best writing is embarrassing, that’s all there is to it.

~ A.d. Posey

Ragging at its most harmless is embarrassing and silly, but at its worst, it attempts to prevent individual students from independent thinking, attempts, in fact, to eradicate freewill

~ Debalina Haldar

A promise is a gift and a gift is a symbol of a social relationship. The donor is aware that it creates a link and the recipient identifies it as a mutual bond. A gift, however, is tangible and a promise is not. Eventually, a promise can be expounded as misunderstood, or misheard or it is simply over and done. If misheard, the social bond is to be put into question. If forgotten, it can be reminded but this is embarrassing. If elapsed, it is one of those broken promises that infest countless relationships. ( Promised me a breeze of freedom )

~ Erik Pevernagie

Why is it that at the very moment I need to appear graceful I stumble and fall like a klutz, as though this scene had never played through my mind differently a million times?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

True poetry is embarrassing.

~ Julien Torma

Our community deserves leaders who should know what debates and arguments are better conducted out of the public eye, instead of dumping their baskets of dirty laundry all over the internet. Our community deserves leaders who do not put political expedience or convenience before their commitments to those they supposedly represent. Our community deserves leaders who do not make about-turns on issues such as freedom of speech and accountability to the community they serve when it becomes too embarrassing for them, or too uncomfortable. Our community deserves leaders who can and want to work together, not fling their handbags at each other, hissing like drama queens.

~ Christina Engela

It had been an embarrassing moment, like the one you get when you realize for the first time that you have what it takes to become an accountant.

~ Sorin Suciu

The smell of new office supplies is so satisfying while being kicked out of Staples for inappropriate behavior with a file folder is so embarrassing.

~ Ryan Lilly

You don't have to lie to me to be nice, Jake. You can just say, 'Wow, your nails look crappy.' I did my best boy voice.Well, I will tell you that's a crappy imitation of my voice. He smiled so wide I could see his eyetooth from across the table. But you've got to know you're totally hot, chipped nails and all. He burned beet red all the way to the roots of his hair. Man, you get me to say some embarrassing stuff, Brenna. He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck.Hey, don't blame me when you feel moved to make strange declarations.

~ Liz Reinhardt

What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them.

~ Boy George