W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm afraid i'm becoming ridiculous

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.

There are so many things that you think will look cool but then you look like an idiot!

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.

My behavior is humiliating.

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.

I've done a lot of dumb things in my life.

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.

Years ago I was at a function, and I must have said something really rude to Paul Daniels the magician. I can't recall what I said, but I remember him looking utterly crestfallen. I'm not that sort of person, but I must have said something very cutting and belittling. Our paths haven't crossed since, but if they had, I would have said sorry to him.

It's kind of an embarrassing story - that's why it's called 'The Idiot.' But looking back at your past self, you see that this person had reasons for everything she did. There's a whole lot of awkwardness, but really, what should one be embarrassed about?

I've done dumb things.

You guys are just standing up because I fell, and it's so embarrassing.

Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning.

Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot.

If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you.

This is possibly the most shameful situation I've ever gotten myself in in my life, and I've done some pretty dumb things in my life. So to actually make a new No. 1 is spectacularly stupid.

Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.

I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

Did I try to embarrass other people? Now if it's about other people, guilty guilty guilty guilty.

We had become those guys... who started a fight... at a Harry Potter book party.

I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I hit him, I was like, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry'. And he's like, 'It's fine, it didn't even hurt'. Yeah, that was kind of an ego deflater!