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Quotes About Apology

The panel flew open and the person tumbled out in a heap in front of me, right on his face! My God: it was Joey Ramone, all six-plus feet of him! The lanky lead singer got up without a word, replaced his glasses and mumbled something unintelligible before shuffling away even as I offered an apology to his disappearing back
~ Carter Alan
It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.
~ Cassandra Clare
Mexican people never say they're sorry. My grandmother, when I was young, hit me with her car. I was in the driveway–pang! "You know where I park, cabron. Mira, where the oil is." Did she say she was sorry? "Ta loco, he's seven. When he starts paying the bills, then I'll say sorry."
~ George Lopez
Here I should like to remark, for the sake of princes and princesses in general, that it is a low and contemptible thing to refuse to confess a fault, or even an error. If a true princess has done wrong, she is always uneasy until she has had an opportunity of throwing the wrongness away from her by saying: 'I did it; and I wish I had not; and I am sorry for having done it.
~ George MacDonald
Nothing someone says before the word "but" really counts.
~ George R. R. Martin
Did I offend you?" Lannister said. "Sorry. Dwarfs don't have to be tactful. Generations of capering fools in motley have won me the right to dress badly and say any damn thing that comes into my head.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tyrion turned to Sansa. "My lady, I am sorry for your losses. Truly, the gods are cruel." Sansa could not think of a word to say to him. How could he be sorry for her losses? Was he mocking her? It wasn't the gods who'd been cruel, it was Joffrey.
~ George R.R. Martin
Vasectomy means not ever having to say you're sorry.
~ Larry Adler
I hope you will excuse my being late. The person in this organization who gave me directions here has obviously heard me speak before.
~ Anonymous
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Apologize, v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.
~ Ambrose Bierce
No sensible person ever made an apology.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm sorry, he muttered. If I... uh, hurt your feelings or something. She glared at him. I'm not hurt. I'm pissed off and sexually frustrated. His head snapped back on his spine. Well... then. Okaaaaay.
~ J. R. Ward
Unnerved, Summerset moved quickly to the communication center. Roarke, the lieutenant has just come in from outside. She wore no outer gear. She looks very bad. Where is she? She's heading up. Roarke, I insulted her and...she apologized to me. Something must be done.
~ J.D. Robb
Jeez. Okay, okay, sorry I jumped on you. I'm a little tense. Would you tell me, since you're so brave and strong and smart, how you know this is the source?
~ J.D. Robb
I was rough before. I'm sorry. The apology, so quiet and unexpected, embarrassed her. Forget it. She shifted away, drained her cup, set it aside. I won't forget it; neither will you. He took her hand, lifted it to his lips. Nothing could have pleased him more than the quick suspicion on her face. You won't forget me, Eve. You'll think of me, perhaps not fondly, but you'll think of me. I'm in the middle of a murder investigation. You're part of it. Sure, I'll think of you.
~ J.D. Robb
The least I can do after standing you up tonight is make you feel manly.
~ J.D. Robb
Roarke winced and began the delicate task of extracting his feet from his mouth.
~ J.D. Robb
The law doesn't always stand for the innocent and used. The law doesn't always care enough. I won't apologize for what I did, Eve, but I will for putting you in the position of choosing between me and your duty.
~ J.D. Robb
Guilt's oozing out of the son—name's Jimbo, and I'm sorry about that. And Bubba's getting sweaty.
~ J.D. Robb
The mistake the two of us made,' I said, 'was that we skimped the foreplay. I'm not blaming you, it was as much my fault as yours, but it was a fault nonetheless.
~ J.M. Coetzee
we are all sorry when we are discovered. Then we are very sorry.It's not the question if we're sorry. The question is did we draw a lesson? The question is: what are we going to do now, when we're sorry?
~ J.M. Coetzee
Erklären heißt verzeihen, erklärt zu werden heißt Verzeihung erlangen [...]
~ J.M. Coetzee
The question is not, are we sorry? The question is, what lesson have we learned? The question is what are we going to do now that we are sorry?
~ J.M. Coetzee