The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. Ed Markey American Politician More Ed Markey Quotes 1
There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. Barbara Castle British Politician More Barbara Castle Quotes 0
Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears. Fiona Apple American Musician More Fiona Apple Quotes 0
My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all. Claudia Black Australian Actress More Claudia Black Quotes 0
Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them. Alain de Botton English Writer More Alain de Botton Quotes 0
I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made. Henry Flynt American Artist More Henry Flynt Quotes 0
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Patrick Henry American Revolutionary More Patrick Henry Quotes 0
Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America? Johan Huizinga Dutch Historian More Johan Huizinga Quotes 0
Poetry transforms and redeems the common, the hurtful, the humiliating. Susan Montez More Susan Montez Quotes 0
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do. Benito Mussolini Italian Politician More Benito Mussolini Quotes 0
But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background! Ernestine Rose Activist More Ernestine Rose Quotes 0
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Jim Rohn American Businessman More Jim Rohn Quotes 0
That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.' David O. Russell American Director More David O. Russell Quotes 0
Like every aspect of cancer I've weathered thus far, today's experience was not at all demoralizing, expensive or humiliating. No, it was just plain fun. April Winchell American Actress More April Winchell Quotes 0
Rebecca is tripping over stuff and we're just humiliating her every chance we get. Aaron Harberts More Aaron Harberts Quotes 0
He is not mad. The government is playing games. The people will not be fooled. This is humiliating for Islam. ... Cut off his head. Abdul Raoulf More Abdul Raoulf Quotes 0
In modern usage a cuckold is the husband of an unfaithful wife - a far nastier and more humiliating state, apparently than being the wife of a philanderer, for which in fact no word exists. Anne Fausto More Anne Fausto Quotes 0
We don't endorse outing and humiliating players who have made a mistake or who may have done something silly at a low point in their lives. Bruno Cullen More Bruno Cullen Quotes 0
One of the most frustrating -- even humiliating -- things that can happen to job seekers is not to hear one word back from the potential employer after an in-person interview. And it seems to be happening a lot these days. Carol Kleiman More Carol Kleiman Quotes 0
I don't mind being compared to Tolstoy literarily, but when it comes to Fun Stats it's a little humiliating. Calvin Trillin American Writer More Calvin Trillin Quotes 0
Even if we were well treated the most humiliating situation was going to the toilet because we had to ask permission. And then later there weren't even any toilets. Enzo Bottillo More Enzo Bottillo Quotes 0
This is against Islam. Afghans will be shocked by this news. It is so humiliating. There are very, very dangerous consequences from this. People will be very angry. Faiz Mohammed More Faiz Mohammed Quotes 0
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. Flaubert French More Flaubert Quotes 0