I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.
Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.
You either expect to win, so when you do win, you're relieved instead of excited and if you lose instead of being motivated, you're embarrassed.
I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.
I've done some things I'm embarrassed about, and I like to tell people about them so that maybe they feel less embarrassed or alone when they do something they're unsure about.
Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.
Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.
People can't help the way they feel, only what they do about it. They can no longer not be attracted to someone other than their spouse than they can say they are not hungry or not thirsty or not frightened or embarrassed. It's when you act on that attraction when you know it would be bad for your marriage that is the problem. In a good marriage, the couple are each as committed to the marriage as they are to each other.
The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to be an atheist, and the McGraths show why.
I think that in a family some are workers some are not. I certainly saw my mother work very hard and be in charge and never show any kind of fear about business deals. Her golden rule was you should never be embarrassed talking about money and asking for what you deserved. I take the same view.
When I'm shooting, I just try to make sure I wouldn't be embarrassed of it later, because in Watertown, you don't get away with anything.
I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
I've spent my life being embarrassed.
My guilty pleasure is Simon & Garfunkel. I'm embarrassed about it. They're dorky.
It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Every time I fumble or drop a ball I am embarrassed.
Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.
I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.