4 Movie Quotes about Shame (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 10, 2026

Memorable quotes about shame, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 There's no shame in hiding. Oh, I'd better call my mother.

Harvey Fierstein as Marty Gilbert in Independence Day (1996)

2 With deep shame and regret, I admit to you the failure of a member of the Japanese staff.

Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai

3 That's all my high principles are worth. I'm ashamed of myself.

Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day

4 But I'm quite used to being humiliated. I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water, if you like, I mean, if that's what you really want. Would you like me to stick my head in a bucket of water?

David Learner as Marvin The Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy