Smart Shaming Quotes & Sayings

We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on. — Jon Ronson

Owls are known as lonely birds; but it is not known that they have the forest as their best friend! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease. — Naguib Mahfouz

In order to break your child's negative cycle, you must first break your own cycle of negative perception. You must take on a strengths-based perspective. Look for the good, which in some cases may require you to get creative. Do this even when it's hard. This sends a powerful message to children even when they are behaving poorly. You are sending the message that you believe in them, you see that there is more to them than their bad behavior, and you are painting a future picture of what they can become. — Daniel Bates

Everybody is not a victim. — Bill Cosby

Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states. — George Ball

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them. — Kelly Lynch