Top 100 Not Proud Quotes
#1. I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.
Stephen King
#2. Whatever your tastes, Magrathea can cater for you. We are not proud.
Douglas Adams
#3. Most of the people I know, their marriages went down the drain, like mine - something I am not proud of.
Don McCullin
#5. I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.
Allen Iverson
#6. I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love.
Craig Ferguson
#7. I feel angry. I'm not proud of myself for this, or for any of it. But then, that's the point.
Margaret Atwood
#9. If you were Satan's daughter, he'd be very proud but not proud enough since every evil deed you do fails.
Valenciya Lyons
#10. I've done things I'm not proud of and I'm trying really hard to make up for those things by being a decent guy. And decent guys don't act the way I've been acting around you, so I'm going to stop.
Sabrina Sol
#11. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Francis Bacon
#12. When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that.
Luis Suarez
#13. When we grow up we all will understand that we have made mistakes which we are not proud of, but some of those are worth committing all.
M.F. Moonzajer
#14. He loved his family. But he was not proud of them. Their principal achievement was survival. It would take him a lifetime to appreciate what an achievement that was.
Richard Flanagan
#15. I can still crack a safe with one hand tied behind my back. I'm not proud of it. But I was always against society.
Evel Knievel
#16. When we do something we're not proud of, a lot of people don't want to look at that, people may say "what people don't know won't hurt them."
Zoe Kazan
#17. I was actually kind of a hot mess in high school. I did a lot of things in high school I'm not proud of. I wasn't a good student and I wasn't particularly a good daughter. I wasn't very engaged.
Sarah Dessen
#18. In the West today public places are no longer named after military victories. Our war memorials depict not proud commanders on horseback but weeping mothers, weary soldiers, or exhaustive lists of names of the dead.
Steven Pinker
#19. You can sell millions of records, be showered with all this love and admiration and still feel despised and unwanted. That's what I felt. I've made a lot of mistakes I'm not proud of.
Scott Stapp
#20. That doesn't mean that I would destroy those works, or that I'm not proud of having come out the other side. Our past art makes our present art as much as our past life makes us who we are now. In the end, if the art stands up, that's what matters.
Kat Howard
#21. Too proud to change your name in exchange for a job."
"Not proud, sir," said Runnel. "But Runnel of Farzibeck won't die here to have a waterless coward rise in his place.
Orson Scott Card
#22. Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
Karen Salmansohn
#23. I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.'
Ric Ocasek
#24. The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.
Confucius
#25. It's hard to come for someplace or someone you're not proud of.
Nicola Yoon
#26. I don't work for money any longer. I'm fortunate enough not to need to work for money, but I work for pride; I work because I love to work, and so the idea that one could lose control of one's own name and that things could be produced with your name on that you were not proud of scared me.
Tom Ford
#27. If your vocation be shoeing horses, or painting pictures, and you can do one or the other better than your fellows, then you are a fool if you are not proud of your ability. And so I am very proud that upon two planets no greater fighter has ever lived than John Carter, Prince of Helium.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
#28. I took a break, stretched, tried again, failed, kicked over the music stand (I am not proud of that), and wonder whether I had reached the limits of my musical ability. Maybe I'd never had any. Surely someone with a modicum of talent wouldn't have to work this hard.
Rachel Hartman
#29. As I'm getting older a lot of my friends I used to go out and party with, they're all dead. The fact that I've been through that, I'm not proud of the fact that I've been through all that, but it's part of my journey. I'm lucky to be alive. I'm lucky to be playing music.
Ozzy Osbourne
#30. Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.
Bill James
#31. To get to action, one needs faith. Faith results in a convicted heart - a heart that is not proud.
Matthew Sleeth
#32. I smoked pot and that was something that I did when I was in college It was something that I'm not proud of, but I did.
Rick Santorum
#33. I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she is not proud of me.
Amy Tan
#34. Did you ever notice that most of us relate to our lives like we have no control or say over them? Especially in areas where we're not proud. We speak about ourselves like we're reporting on the weather, making sweeping generalizations...And boy do we ever believe our own 'forecasts.
Lauren Handel Zander
#35. More than that, I liked being known, and for the first time in my life, I was known by another. I'm not saying I liked what she knew about me, not proud of the bits and pieces, but somehow she was standing inside my skin and yet I didn't experience shame at her reflection.
Charles Martin
#36. I have done quite a few things that I'm not proud of. But now I can equate it to artistry without an outlet. At school, I couldn't help but colour outside the lines. My passion just caused my reactions to be that much more volatile.
CeeLo Green
#39. I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.
Hunter S. Thompson
#40. A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status.
Bruce Lee
#41. I'm not a coffee drinker, so my drink is kind of like a girlie skim chai latte. I'm not proud of it, but it's really good.
Willie Geist
#42. My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.
Guy Ritchie
#44. Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.
Rachel Nichols
#45. I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.
Ryan Phillippe
#46. I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.
Eva Green
#47. Willful ignorance is something to be ashamed of, not proud.
Christina Engela
#49. If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.
Hugh Jackman
#50. She glanced at the man quickly. "Thank you." She meant to say more, but something was caught in her throat. Her eyes stung. "Weep not, proud Diana," Maximus murmured. "The moon will not allow it." "No." She agreed, swiping fiercely at her cheeks. "There's no need for tears yet.
Elizabeth Hoyt
#51. Yes, in a moment of pure brain-to-mouth filter malfunction, the question did slip. I'm not proud
Jodi Ellen Malpas
#52. There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not proud of it, but I don't have any sexual desire. And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn't feel passion? It'd be like a chef without an appetite.
Haruki Murakami
#53. Not proud you have, but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love.
William Shakespeare
#54. There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets ... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.
Faith Hill
#55. Of months, he began encouraging people to talk to me, even foes and former girlfriends. Nor did he try to put anything off-limits. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was twenty-three and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any
Walter Isaacson
#56. We lost one, we won two and we lost another one. We'll take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played in this series.
LeBron James
#58. If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.
Dean Koontz
#59. Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.
Alexander Pope
#60. I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.
Steve Jobs
#62. If you're not proud of where you work, go work somewhere else.
Seth Godin
#63. I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.
Shia Labeouf
#64. Sign your work ... If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why.
Seth Godin
#65. I'd much rather be the oddball out than kind of create something of myself that I'm not proud of.
Selena Gomez
#66. Do you have things in your past you're not proud of? Things that make you feel ashamed?'
'That's what makes Christ's death on the cross so personal.
Katie Ganshert
#67. Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not proud of it. Even though you didn't have that damn necklace on, as far as I knew, you were still with Del. And I'm not big on making out with another guy's girlfriend.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#68. I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.
William Clay Ford Jr.
#69. Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Douglas Adams
#70. I am not proud to be gay any more than I am proud to be right handed or to breathe oxygen.
Cleve Jones
#71. I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it.
Lisa Marie Presley
#72. Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I'm not proud of some people in sports, but I don't really look at it as my calling to be out there setting an example. I just try to treat people the way the I want to be treated - with respect and some dignity.
Mark Martin
#73. Love is not proud. Love does not boast. Love, after all, matters the most. Love does not run. Love does not hide. Love does not keep locked inside. Love is the river that flows through. Love never fails you.
Brandon Heath
#74. I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.
Norman Schwarzkopf
#75. It's not like I pretend the past doesn't exist or that I'm not proud to be a part of it.
Katharine Weymouth
#76. I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
Alexandre Dumas
#77. As far as the gambling debts on there, not one cent was any type of sports betting. It's just something obviously I'm not proud of because it drags a lot of other people into this than I'd want. It's something I'm continuing to deal with.
Darren McCarty
#78. Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.
Ann Coulter
#79. I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of.
Richard Branson
#80. I just look at my own life, which is full of error as all life is. I have done plenty of things that I am not proud of.
Andrew Solomon
#81. I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.
Paolo Bacigalupi
#82. I sat still as stone with my fingers aching. I wanted to play, not listen. Want isn't strong enough a word. I was hungry for it, starved. I'm not proud of the fact that I thought about stealing his lute and leaving in the dark of the night.
Patrick Rothfuss
#83. Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
John Donne
#84. Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.
Thomas Campbell
#85. I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I LOVE them. If I was given a choice between world peace and a Prada handbag, I'd dither. (I'm not proud of this, I'm only saying.)
Marian Keyes
#86. If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass to the light and look judicial.
George Eliot
#87. Be not proud of your intelligence. Be simple, wise, and humble.
Debasish Mridha
#88. You say that I'm afraid of being alone, and it's true. I am. And I'm not proud of it. But you need to take a good look at yourself, Anna, because I am NOT the only one in this room who suffers this problem.
Stephanie Perkins
#89. You know that thing about Death Be Not Proud? Well, Fear Be Not Proud either. And Fear Be Not Elegant. What Fear be is stumbling, bumbling flight, crashing through brush, slip-sliding on pine needles, sloshing through puddles that are always deeper than you expect.
Josh Lanyon
#90. I can understand your judgment. I know that I am a prostitute. I'm not proud of it.
Alessandra Torre
#91. I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.
Michael Bergin
#92. I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud ... or tired.
Arlo Guthrie
#93. There's something worse than not making a movie. It's doing it for the wrong reasons. Then you end up putting three, four, five years of your life into it and you come out with a thing that you're not proud of.
Guillermo Del Toro
#94. When people are engaged in something they are not proud of, they do not welcome witnesses. In fact, they come to believe the witness causes the trouble.
John Steinbeck
#95. My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow ... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
Bill Parcells
#96. I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
Wallace Shawn
#97. Everyone has done something that they are not proud of and the more we hang onto those experiences, the darker they become.
John Spender
#98. Well, there's nothing I've done I'm not proud of. Making money was an interest, but it's never been my god.
Alan Sugar
#100. I only pray when it suits my own needs. I'm not proud about that.
Rob Lowe
