We feel properly embarrassed when we are caught doing something that makes us look inept, knuckleheaded, or inappropriate. Maybe the difference is this: we feel embarrassed because we look bad, and we feel shame because we think we are bad. When we are embarrassed, we feel socially foolish. When we are shamed, we feel morally unworthy.
If my husband cheated on me and embarrassed me like that, I will embarrass him more than he could ever imagine.
I remember being in a comic shop with my son, with my ten year-old son and he put his hand over my eyes. He was embarrassed about me seeing the comics at Forbidden Planet.
I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.
For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
Because of the Republicans, I'm not ashamed of being an American. I'm embarrassed!
You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.
Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.
Nature is not embarrassed by difficulties of analysis.
I'm not too embarrassed to say I'm the definition of the target audience. This is my generation, the one of exalting music in album form.
I've spent my life being embarrassed.
My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities
I'm embarrassed if I think anyone knows exactly what I paid for something, or even where I got it. I want what I'm wearing to feel good on, wear well, and to be extremely functional.
I listen to all sorts of things. I get kind of embarrassed with my iPod, because I am a top-40 type of girl; I am not the kind of person to introduce people to new music.
I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very embarrassed by sentiment. I'm very embarrassed by corniness.
Religion is designed for stupid people. Science is designed for stupid people who are embarrassed by their stupidity, who want to do something about it.
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
I had this alter ego where I would go to the theater with mom. I wasn't embarrassed by it; it was separate for me.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.