“We all got to be ashamed once. So we don't do things again when we got be ashamed of.”

Spencer Tracy - Manuel

“- The Operative: You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords.
- Dr. Mathias: Well, unfortunately, I forgot to bring a sword.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Operative
Michael Hitchcock - Dr. Mathias

“If I could reach as high as my father's shoestrings, my whole life would be justified - and I would stand here before you proudly instead of as the thief and the coward that I am.”

Eddie Bracken - Woodrow Truesmith

“I hate the British! You are defeated but you have no shame. You are stubborn but you have no pride. You endure but you have no courage. I hate the British!”
Sessue Hayakawa - Colonel Saito

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but rather it’s source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.”
- Uncle