Humiliation Quotes

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man.

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation.

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.

I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.

Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder.

Art is born of humiliation.

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.

To write is a humiliation.

I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.'

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

With publicity comes humiliation.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.