I think young men and boys are taught to fail. It’s nothing to them; they do sport, they fall over, they shout, ‘I’m all right,’ and carry on. But with girls, they’re so appallingly embarrassed to fail, it’s like it’s considered unfeminine.
I’ve long believed that if you’re not embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve released too late.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done any karaoke. Probably, I actually think ‘Living On a Prayer’ was the last one I’ve done, which I’m quite embarrassed to admit, screaming it at the top of my lungs. I prefer being the one watching and egging people on.
I’m actually embarrassed to tell people I’m Russian these days, because it’s become such an awful place.
I do embarrassing things all the time, but I don’t really get embarrassed. It’s like I’m unaware of my embarrassing things.
I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don’t want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.
When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.
I think I must have too much to eat, we were doing a scene where we were crawling, and I ripped my trousers. I was very embarrassed. I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!
I don’t really get embarrassed a lot because I feel like life goes on. I mean, I fell on stage one time; like, I tripped one time. My voice cracked… That’s pretty embarrassing.
I’m vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.
I’ve never been an embarrassed, ‘never talk about their feelings’ sort of person.
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn’t embarrassed that he or she asked.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
I still see myself on TV and think, ‘Oh my God, I’m on a television, and there are millions of people watching,’ and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.
My wife is a very talented singer. She sang a lot on ‘Roswell,’ and I am embarrassed to sing around her.
I think that, given that some people feel very embarrassed by it, it isn’t too difficult to breastfeed a baby in a way that’s not openly ostentatious.
I was dating a guy that was a huge wrestling fan and I’m embarrassed to say it now but I used to make fun of him for watching it.
My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don’t be ridiculous. Maybe it’s because I’m British. To me, Julia Roberts that’s a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
It’s nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.
Don’t feel embarrassed if you’ve never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a philosopher, but none of the professors of philosophy whom I consulted had heard his name, either.
When I was doing ‘Smile,’ I was looking back at pictures of myself and going, ‘Thank goodness I couldn’t do the sprayed-bangs thing! Everybody’s so embarrassed by that hairstyle now, but I was never cool enough to pull it off!’
We weren’t radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.
Once I got beat by Mayweather I felt so ashamed. I cancelled all my functions, all my appearances, I didn’t want to walk down the street. I was too embarrassed to even go and have a pint with my mates.
I think sometimes my skin has been so bad I was embarrassed to seek help.
I grew up in Tennessee. I loved to wear full glam. I used to want to wear flash lashes every single day. I remember wearing them once and someone was like, ‘Are you wearing false lashes?’ I felt embarrassed. In the U.S., it’s perceived as though you’re trying too hard.
What kept me out of trouble is going right to the edge and then… thinking that my mother would be embarrassed, and that I didn’t want to embarrass her, and that my father would be embarrassed, and I just didn’t want to do that to my family.
Throughout most of my life, I’ve tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I was the only Asian kid in my elementary school, and I longed to be like everyone else. I insisted on American food; I was embarrassed by my mother’s poor English.
I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.
I got over being embarrassed.
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.
I’m a stoic. When something goes down the pan, enjoy it. Make the best out of a bad job. I’m not the sort of person who would break down and weep if my trousers split. It is funny, and I don’t really get embarrassed.
I think Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he’ll do it again in the future, I don’t know. But Gov. Romney never has.
I have a tendency to feel a bit embarrassed when approached, but it’s such a thrill to know that you did something that people enjoyed so much. It’s an even bigger thrill when they talk to you about ideas that you worked so hard to get in there, and they single them out as reasons they enjoyed it so much.
The problem is I don’t have respect for the films I make after I’ve made them. I detach myself and get embarrassed when I watch them later.
There is a board game called Settlers of Catan. That is what I play. I am so embarrassed.
I’m so embarrassed by that album. I don’t even own it myself.
I didn’t realise how devastating my behavior could be – looking back, I’m very embarrassed. I just buckled under the anxiety.
I was really embarrassed. And I asked why they took my picture when I was in such agony, and I’m the girl, in the moment that I was naked, burning, hopeless, crying – so ugly. And I asked why they took my picture at that that moment? I didn’t like it at all.
Looking back on the production of ‘Nevermind,’ I’m embarrassed by it now. It’s closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.
I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t have a lot of hobbies. It’s not because I don’t have interests; it’s just that I don’t have the time.
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.
Being bad at maths shouldn’t be something to brag about, and I’m glad people are waking up to this, but there’s no reason be embarrassed to look for help when it comes to numeracy.
We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement… it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.
The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It’s scary to lose control of yourself.
We play everybody’s Christmas records at our house, and sometimes you think, ‘I’m not gonna play my own record; I’d be embarrassed.’ But I’m gonna play our record this Christmas, because I love the songs!
For some reason, I skipped the original ‘Star Wars.’ I don’t know why, and I’m very embarrassed.
I dress in a sophisticated and classy way – I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn’t be embarrassed to see.
I’ve already been KO’d, embarrassed. Nothing is going to be worse than that, so what’s to be scared of?
Perhaps a young boy or girl, after watching my video, can go, ‘Maybe I don’t have to be embarrassed. Maybe I can come out at school, maybe I can tell my best friend… and maybe I don’t have to be afraid anymore.’
I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I wanted to make a movie because I thought it would be seen as a vanity project because I was a singer.
I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs – growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields across the street. I kind of was embarrassed by it for a long time. Then I decided, ‘Hey, if everyone else can embrace their homeland and where they’re from, I can do the same!’
I learned early on not to feel badly about reaching out for help, and not to feel embarrassed about saying that you’re in over your head.
Office life is very, very strange. It’s like no other way of living. You have an intimacy with people who you work with in the office, yet if you meet them on the streets, you both look the other way because you’re embarrassed.
I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but… I am embarrassed about them. It’s like: ‘My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn’t fit all my fifties.’ I mean – really. Shut up.
I used to be very shy, much more so than I am now. It’s great that I’ve improved in that regard. Every day, I’m getting better and less… embarrassed.
I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they’re embarrassed that I write it or they’re embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence.
I didn’t like doing team presentations at races, being introduced as the winner of the Tour. I felt quite embarrassed by it.
There’s something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it’s taking place in a theater where only so many people can see it. I’ve been in silly popcorn movies – the kind of thing that as an actor you might feel embarrassed about – but those movies reach many more people.
