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Quotes About Apology

I write how sorry I am for not contacting her sooner, but I was afraid, a coward, and I am trying to be braver now. I try and try and try every day, all day long.
~ Unknown
A paean to justice intoxicates us, because it seems to us to be an apology for the passion, just or unjust, which blinds us.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Entering an white tie and tails party wearing an ordinary suit, he announced,"Please, I don't want anyone to apologize for over dressing.
~ Noel Coward
Tell her how much she means to you. Tell her you were with someone else before you met her—that's very important—and unfortunately you contracted something. Be polite and discreet and very apologetic. Remember, she likes you. She doesn't know you're a whore.
~ Unknown
She didn't apologize. She never did, except when apologies were totally unnecessary, so that people would deny them profusely.
~ Unknown
Chihaya, however, looked at her in surprise. "Why should I be sorry? Morning Star is here, and so are you." Saya was somewhat relieved, although a little annoyed that he put his horse before her.
~ Unknown
I'm sorry, is what she means to say. Sorry, sweetheart, about the elephants. About the sea turtles with their heads lopped off, and the friendly, machine-gunned whales. About the owls, my love, and the antelope. About the drowning bears...
~ Unknown
i loved you on purpose i was open on purpose i still crave vulnerability & close talk & i'm not even sorry bout you bein sorry you can carry all the guilt & grime ya wanna just dont give it to me i cant use another sorry next time you should admit you're mean/ low-down/ triflin/ & no count straight out steada bein sorry alla the time enjoy bein yrself
~ Ntozake Shange
i'm only human, & inadequacy is what makes us human, & if we was perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive for, so you might as well go on & forgive me pretty baby, cause i'm sorry
~ Ntozake Shange
Karma??k duygular ve iyi kullanamad???m bir dilin zorluklar? içindeyim; beni ba???lay?n.
~ Unknown
Vazgeçiyorum, bütün insanl???n önünde e?ilerek özür diliyorum; beni yanl??l?kla ç?kard?lar sahneye.
~ Unknown
There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
~ Ogden Nash
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Apologizing — a very desperate habit — one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
~ Unknown
The insistence of the Danish government to refrain from apologizing and its refusal to punish the criminals and take action to prevent this crime from being repeated... shows that the notions of freedom of speech have no roots, especially when it comes to Muslims.
~ Osama bin Laden
Forgive me. I didn't mean to kill you, Polonius. The blade slipped out of the sheath, and it struck you.
~ Osamu Dazai
To have done a rather horrible thing, and think that one can be forgiven with just the phrase 'I'm sorry,'—one would have to be a selfish person with no consciousness of their own wrongdoing.
~ Osamu Dazai
Dr. MacBride had a manner of saying "pardon me," which rendered forgiveness well-nigh impossible.
~ Owen Wister
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
I'm so sorry. I love you. I never could have hurt you.
~ Pam Jenoff
You don't say, "I'm sorry,"' he says. 'Getting injections, and experiencing pain, is part of life. There's no reason to apologize for that.' He seems to be channelling Rousseau, who said, 'If by too much care you spare them every kind of discomfort, you are preparing great miseries for them.' (I'm not sure what Rousseau thought about suppositories.)
~ Pamela Druckerman
Cristo! The wrong thing to say to a woman he wished to calm.
~ Unknown
I've never subscribed to that 'Love means never having to say you're sorry' bullshit. In fact, love means you always get the chance to say you're sorry. When we love someone, we always want to forgive them.
~ Pamela Ribon
I'm really sorry." "There's no sorry in roller derby. Now shut up and keep being my hero.
~ Pamela Ribon