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Quotes About Apology

I'm sorry. I've got a nasty tongue. I never mean it when I say nasty things.
~ Ernest Hemingway
that's hilaire belloc,' i said to my friend. 'ford was here this afternoon and cut him dead.' 'don't be a silly ass,' my friend said. 'that's aleister crowley, the diabolist. he's supposed to be the wickedest man in the world.' 'sorry,' i said.
~ Ernest Hemlingway Hemlinway
Often, when one partner insists that they don't yet feel acknowledged, even as the one who hurt them insists they feel terrible, it is because the response is still more shame than guilt, and therefore self-focused. In the aftermath of betrayal, authentic guilt, leading to remorse, is an essential repair tool. A sincere apology signals a care for and commitment to the relationship, a sharing of the burden of suffering
~ Esther Perel
I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, but I love you," I repeated. I wanted her to accept my apology and then we could kiss and get married. "You love me now?" she asked, straight-faced, turning so she was flat toward me, her hands tucked into the armpits of her sweatshirt. "I love you now." I tried to be clear, unafraid, unconflicted. "Tomorrow?" "I want to marry you," I said. There was a giant pause. We looked at each other.
~ Ethan Hawke
I'm sorry I remembered out loud.
~ Eugene O'Neill
An apology is also an admission of guilt
~ Eula Biss
Oh, by the way, Chuck, I spilled tea on your bongos.
~ Andrew Lloyd Webber
Did this happen because of something I did or said?' 'No, nothing specific. If I had to give an answer, it's everything.' 'Everything?' 'Everything about my life, Ronnie. Being with him makes me feel better about myself. I'm sorry. That's how it is.
~ Andrew Neiderman
En una ocasión, Churchill tiró de un empujón a la piscina de la escuela, conocida con el nombre de Ducker, a un compañero muy bajito llamado Leopold Amery. Al darse cuenta de que Amery no tenía su edad, sino que era un estudiante del último curso, el joven Winston se disculpó diciéndole: «Mi padre, que es un gran hombre, es también de corta estatura».
~ Andrew Roberts
By the end, Arthur Less is in tears, sobbing in his seat, and he thinks he has been sobbing quietly until the lights come up and the woman seated beside him turns and says, "Honey, I don't know what happened in your life, but I am so so sorry," and gives him a lilac-scented embrace. Nothing happened to me, he wants to say to her. Nothing happened to me. I'm just a homosexual at a Broadway show.
~ Andrew Sean Greer
Don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again.' 'You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?' 'No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
Mi sono già scusato. Frequentando questa stimabile compagnia mi sono rassegnato a molte cose e abituato ad altrettante. Ma ho conservato l'abitudine di scusarmi una sola volta.»
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
I ask everybody here present for forgiveness. With the exception of the noble lady Yennefer, whom I thank, but ask for nothing. Farewell.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big 'however'- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.
~ Andy Andrews
Sometimes, the only option is to say you're sorry, even if you have no idea what someone is talking about.
~ Andy Cohen
And the light, I must apologise for the lack of light... a hereditary affliction of the eyes…
~ Angela Carter
They would all be sorry... particularly the duck.
~ Angie Sage
De eend was boos. Ze keerde tante Zelda heel opzettelijk de rug toe en streek haar veren glad. Tante Zelda bukte zich en aaide haar. 'Ik wil jullie voorstellen aan mijn kat, Bert,' zei ze.
~ Angie Sage
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
~ Charles B. Rangel
I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified actor.' But I did think that 'House' was something I didn't have to apologise for. It was something I was really proud of and it was sort of... whether you liked it or not, it was undeniable.
~ Hugh Laurie
I've gone on in a wheelchair. Another performance I did with no voice - and I had to apologize to the audience and whisper.
~ Carol Channing
I was wrong to exaggerate in statements related to my experiences in the White House and the Royal Family. I am truly sorry for misleading people and misstating the facts.
~ Robert Irvine
One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's been a big priority of mine.
~ Evan Spiegel
I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.
~ Nikolai Gogol