Quotes About Apology

But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you continue in this vein, I'm afraid we'll be compelled to cut our visit short. Surely there are other establishments that would host an entire troup of guests - indefinitely and without reward - and not feel obliged to apologize for it!

Sorry it took me so long, Katie-Cat," said her father.

Rhonda patted Number Two's shoulder. "Number Two is a bit testy about this. She was often ignored as a child." "That doesn't change the truth!" Number Two snarled. "Easy now," said Rhonda. "Only teasing." "Sorry. Blood sugar's low," said Number Two, hastily unwrapping a granola bar.

I'm terribly sorry, Fergal." "What for? Marrying him? I should think you would be, Angel.

I'm terribly sorry, Fergal!' 'What for? I'm beginning to feel as if it's mine, too!

Jambu shrugged apologetically. "I'm not sure what you're talking about," he said. Starflight had to sit down and fold his wings over his head for a minute. Glory

I'm sorry!" he yelped. "Sorry, sorry, sorry! I missed. Here, let me try again." She eyed him suspiciously. He looked not so much "deeply repentant," as "trying to hide his giggles.

Darkstalker spread his wings, looking deeply injured. His rage vanished as quickly as it had appeared. "It was not animus-touched. I didn't do anything to it at all. I just thought it was beautiful and that Fathom would like it. You have an overly suspicious mind, Violet." "Indigo," Fathom corrected him automatically, dazed.

Matthew rolled up in the Kahns' dilapidated van. "Hey there, vagrants," he said. "Sorry, my mom says I'm not allowed to pick up hitchhikers.

truly nimble organizations dare to create clarity at all times, even when they are not completely certain about whether it is correct. And if they later see a need to change course, they do so without hesitation or apology, and thus create clarity around the new idea or answer.

Well, damme, William, I am sorry: I am very sorry, indeed I am. But injustice is a rule of the service, as you know very well; and since you have to have a good deal of undeserved abuse, you might just as well have it from your friends.

Well sir ... some of the officers are sweet on Mrs Oakes.' 'I dare say they are - a very amiable young woman.' 'No, sir. I mean serious - bloody serious - cut-your-throat serious - fucking serious ... 'Oh.' Jack Aubrey was taken aback entirely. 'But you surely do not mean that last word literally? 'No, sir. It is just my coarse way of speaking: I beg pardon.

I am heartily sorry for it, he being a most capable, obliging man, speaking all the languages of the Levant and excellent English too - might have built the Tower of Babel singlehanded.

And anyway, never, never apologise the morning after for what your hormones were telling you last night.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

If God exists, and I truly don't believe he does, he will know that there are limits to human understanding. He was the one who created this confusion in which there is poverty, injustice, greed, and loneliness. He doubtless had the best of intentions, but the results have proved disastrous; if God exists, he will be generous with those creatures who chose to leave this Earth early, and he might even apologize for having made us spend time here.

Liz, it's so easy to say 'I'm sorry.' It costs nothing and it saves a mint of pain. Those two words are the common coin of daily life, but especially between people who love each other.

Old One, the tenant said apologetically. It is none of my business and I ought to die, but after all they are the children of your elder brother's son who after all is the first in the next generation after you.

And you can shove your apology. If it can come out of your damned mouth, then you can stand by it.

Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

Empathy--the ability to identify with someone else's suffering--is certainly a prerequisite for a genuine apology.

I'm sorry, Mother," she said quietly. "I didn't realize you cared about him that much." She suddenly understood what she had done and what it had cost her mother. She felt guilty for the first time.

flustered by what she'd heard. And she had to be a strong person to survive what she did. She knew the story, better than he did. He hadn't told her anything she didn't know. "Don't be sorry. I knew what the interview was about.

phrased it. "The state sends him to prison, and the church gives you an apology in the