Social Disapproval Quotes

I don't much mind being expelled from communities.

… the enforcement of public opinion depends on our appreciation of the approbation and disapprobation of others; and this appreciation is founded on our sympathy, which it can hardly be doubted was originally developed through natural selection as one of the most important elements of the social instincts.

Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.

I don't like the way I see society going.

No one wants to be hated, in public, by lots of people.

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

"I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting me gently on the shoulders. "James Steerforth, the best wish I can leave you is that you may come to be ashamed of what you have done today. At present I would prefer to see you anything rather than a friend, to me, or to anyone in whom I feel an interest."

A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others

If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.

There is no person in this town who is doing particularly well at the moment when it comes to the opinions of the American people.

There are some white people who are very unhappy that I am in an interracial relationship.

But people didn't forgive you for doing what felt right-that was the last thing they forgave you for.

Will Rogers wasn't helpful to me at all. He was just concerned with his way of doing things. He didn't like me much because I used to wear slacks to the studio, and that was not done much in those days, so I guess he thought I was rather fast.

But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.

In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced.... You have to have been somebody to fall.

There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.

Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

I am hated in my hometown.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.

The majority of people do not accept my choices.

The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.