Cringe Quotes

• Islam has taken everything from its wretched believers. They are robbed from their identity and self pride. All they have now is Islam. That is why Islam for Muslims is more than just a religion. It is their identity. When you criticize Islam, they perceive it as an attack on their identity and cringe with pain. They take that not only as an insult but also as an assault on their person. Like a corned animal they become vicious and fight back with all their might - a fight of survival. That is why you see such a violent reaction to a few silly cartoons.

  Ali Sina

  Pain, Silly, Taken

  Source: myislam.dk

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• Hugh Grant and I both laugh and cringe at the same things, worship the same books, eat the same food, hate central heating and sleep with the window open. I thought these things were vital, but being two peas in a pod ended up not being enough.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Hate, Book, Sleep

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• I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start the day off with something in your stomach to get your metabolism active.

  Alison Sweeney

  People, Days Off, Breakfast

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• I cringe when I watch myself on TV.

  Peter Andre

  Watches, Tvs

  "Peter Andre interview: Jordan's ex on sex, lies and six packs". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 11, 2009.

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• I've only ever been mistaken for myself. People draw a lot of comparisons to all of the round-faced, mustached men of entertainment that make me cringe and sick to my stomach about how the world really sees me and they're right.

  John Hodgman

  Men, People, Sick

  "Bewildered Maine resident John Hodgman takes another crack at our 11 Questions". The A.V. Club Interview, www.avclub.com. September 3, 2015.

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• I often think, no one wants to read this. No one wants to hear this. My own work makes me cringe sometimes, cringe in a "there's nothing I can do because it had to come out like this" kind of way.

  Randall Mann

  Thinking, Want, Way

  Source: therumpus.net

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• You make mistakes as a parent. Then you wish you hadn't said that, or you wish you hadn't told them how to dress. You cringe.

  Jennifer Connelly

  Mistake, Motherhood, Parent

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• Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip all day?" His eyes flared yellow "Is that a challenge?" "Yes it is.

  Ilona Andrews

  Eye, Boys, Yellow

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• If a stranger taps you on the ass and says, "How's the little lady today!" you will probably cringe. But if he's an American, he's only being friendly.

  Margaret Atwood

  Friendly, Littles, Today

  Margaret Atwood (2006). “Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood”

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• I did not glow with the thrill of battle. Cringe, yes. Glow, no.

  Jennifer Estep

  Battle, Thrill

  Jennifer Estep (2012). “Mythos Academy Bundle: First Frost, Touch of Frost, Kiss of Frost & Dark Frost”, p.306, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• I don't really cringe over any of my albums.

  Sheryl Crow

  Albums

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• Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting; it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Running, Fun, Thinking

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• I cringe a lot when I look at my early talk-show experiences.

  Mindy Kaling

  Looks, Shows, Talk Shows

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• You can say "ass," but you can't say "asshole." That's why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an "ass." Unless you're British, calling someone an ass really doesn't work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Character, Tv Shows, Calling

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2005.

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• I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg . . . I am here to demand my rights, and to hurl thunderbolts at the men who would dare to cross the threshold of my manhood.

  Henry McNeal Turner

  Party, Men, Rights

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• I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.

  Larry David

  "Larry David: 'I'm cranky'". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2010.

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• I've done a lot of things I cringe when I watch and some things I'm proud of... Movies are strange. You have to be a little bit lucky with them.

  Christopher Walken

  Watches, Lucky, Done

  Source: the-talks.com

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• Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless, fear is pointless and desire all a delusion. He whose heart is fickle is not his own master, has thrown away his shield, deserted his post, and he forges the links of the chain that holds him.

  Boethius

  Heart, Men, Tyrants

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• Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

  Fiona Apple

  Years, Looks, Five

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• I'm the thing that fundamentalist Christians cringe over.

  Tori Amos

  Christian, Fundamentalist

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• During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became the first few pages of my first novel. I can still recite the opening paragraph from memory - only now I cringe when I do it because they are - surprise! - a classic example of overwriting, in addition to being a more than a little pretentious.

  Patricia Briggs

  Memories, College, Years

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• I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

  Irwin Shaw

  Song, Literature, Masters

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• Braai Day is a slap in the face of our efforts to regain who we are. And should make any self respecting South African cringe.

  Simphiwe Dana

  Self, Effort, Who We Are

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• When I look at pictures when I was younger, I do the quintessential cringe.

  Rachel Roy

  Looks, Quintessential

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• Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you

  William Faulkner

  Feminine, Ifs

  1956 Interview in Paris Review, Spring.

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