I proudly tell people, 'I have no computer,' so as not to be ashamed of having no computer.Tom Stoppard
I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end up going extinct. We'd be the laughingstock of the aliens of the cosmos if that were the case.Neil deGrasse Tyson
I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?'Neil deGrasse Tyson
I should have conceived the idea for 'The Mighty Walzer' earlier. A boy who dreamed of winning fame, fortune, and the adoration of beautiful women as a table-tennis player - shame on me for taking so long to see the mock-heroic possibilities in that.Howard Jacobson
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.Salman Rushdie