Social faux pas Quotes

It's possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way.

Sorry if i spit on ya'll... I kinda have a problem with doing that.

So you go on and on, with this intellectual fly down, your underwear exposed, and toilette paper hanging out the back of your pants.

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.

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

Give your friend cause to blush, and you will be likely to lose him.

To talk of prayer after admitting he professed no faith was, in my opinion, a breach of common courtesy. In this sense, he did make a social blunder, for which I think he well deserved some minor castigation.

I had someone correct my grammar once on a blind date, and within the first 10 minutes the date was over. You just don't correct somebody's grammar. That's just not okay. I'm from Tennessee, so I probably say everything wrong. I might have said 'ain't,' or something like that.

There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

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

There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.

The etiquette business has its emergencies, heaven knows, but it is in the nature of etiquette emergencies that once one realizes what one has done, it is too late. One might as well get a good night's sleep and send flowers with an apology in the morning.

I still feel pangs of remorse over an insidious habit I've had since I was a teenager. About three times a week, I attend estate auctions and make insulting, low-ball bids for prized heirlooms until I'm asked to leave.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.

Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.

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

If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.

I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume.

At least it's really entertaining when I embarrass myself.

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

I tend to put my foot in my mouth. I'm not good at being diplomatic. I tend to piss people off.

I got caught kissing my dad's ex-girlfriend - at his wedding!

When I first met Clint Eastwood, I bobbed him a curtsy. I still cringe about that to this day.

I had my daughter by C-section, so knew when and where she was going to be born. I got freakishly organized and prepared a group e-mail birth announcement. Unfortunately, I accidentally pressed Send All. I then had to send another e-mail saying, "I'm really sorry but I haven't actually had the baby yet." Then, when I actually did have the baby, I felt too embarrassed to send another e-mail saying, "I've definitely had the baby now."

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?