“How embarrassing to be human.”

— Kurt Vonnegut , book Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus (1990)

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American writer 1922–2007

James Richardson (1950) American poet

Aphorism #27
Interglacial (2004)

“Yes, it's embarrassing to be born again, but imagine how embarrassing it must have been to be born the first time. At least this time you get to wear clothes!”

Rich Mullins (1955–1997) American christian musician

Lufkin, Texas http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/lufkin-texas-jul1997-full.html (July 19, 1997)
In Concert

“Metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life, if you have enough metadata you don’t really need content…. [It’s] sort of embarrassing how predictable we are as human beings.”

Stewart Baker (1947) American lawyer

Quoted in: Alan Rusbridger " The Snowden Leaks and the Public http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/nov/21/snowden-leaks-and-public/" at nybooks.com, November 21, 2013.

“How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?”

Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer

Source: Go Ask Alice

“Humans are an embarrassing species w/ small glimmers of beauty that seep through the veil of bigotry&stupidity, every once in a small while.”

Frances Bean Cobain (1992) American artist

17 June 2014 https://twitter.com/alka_seltzer666/status/479082538904723457
Twitter https://twitter.com/alka_seltzer666 posts

“The only thing Carla has ever learned to like about dealing with power is how easy it is to embarrass people who have it.”

John Barnes book Mother of Storms

Source: Mother of Storms (1994), p. 261

“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

“My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime.”

Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore

Source: Kafka on the Shore

“Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarrassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom, till too late, discover how I ought to act.”

Frances Burney book Evelina

Letter LXVI
Evelina (1778)

“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”

Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician

“How embarrassing to be human.”

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