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Quotes About Apology

If we learn to say we're sorry and ask forgiveness, the marriage will last.
~ Pope Francis
Love means never having to say you're sorry. Marriage means apologizing when you know you're right.
~ Dana Gould
Marie Antoinette. Her last words were,"Pardon me sir. I did not mean to do it,"to a man whose foot she stepped on before she was executed by the guillotine
~ Marie Antoinette
If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.
~ Samuel Johnson
Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.
~ Chinua Achebe
A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
~ Anthony Trollope
I apologize if my limbic system has misinterpreted your gesture of emotional support.
~ Neal Stephenson
Shut up. For the rest of this conversation, you don't say anything. When I tell you what you did wrong, you don't say you're sorry, because I already know you're sorry. And when you drive outta here alive, you don't thank me for being alive. And you don't even say goodbye to me.
~ Neal Stephenson
This was the moment when a human would have apologized for having ruined the dinner party, but one of the liberties that went along with being a raven was never being sorry for anything.
~ Neal Stephenson
Henry, riding shotgun, made a touching effort to stay awake and then fell into slumber. Henry was a sweet kid and Doob knew that when he woke up he would apologize. But Henry wasn't a parent, and he didn't understand that when you were, almost nothing was more satisfying than seeing your kid sleep.
~ Neal Stephenson
Sir! This Marine apologizes for his disgraceful behavior during that interview, sir! This Marine let down himself and his fellow Marines, sir!" "Aren't you going to give me an excuse? You were wounded. Shellshocked. Drugged. Suffering from malaria." "Sir! There is no excuse, sir!
~ Neal Stephenson
I'm sorry, I guess my company leaves a lot to be desired.
~ Nicholas Sparks
He always apologized, and sometimes he would even cry because of the bruises he'd made on her arms or legs or her back. He would say that he hated what he'd done, but in the next breath tell her she'd deserved it. That if she'd been more careful, it wouldn't have happened. That if she'd been paying attention or hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have lost his temper.
~ Nicholas Sparks
I'm sorry' I said again. Whenever someone tells you something said, it's the only thing you can think to say, even if you're already said it before.
~ Nicholas Sparks
I will never apologize for selective editing to make myself look better.
~ Jon Lovett
I kind of feel bad that I don't know the names of the people in Girls Aloud!
~ Duff McKagan
Still, far too often girls are given the message that their bodies, their lives, and their femaleness must be apologized for. Have you noticed how often women apologize?
~ Christiane Northrup
I'm so sorry," he said. "I wish they'd let you two regenerate. I'll keep asking them, I assure you." She gave him a fleeting smile. "Persistence is futile
~ Christie Golden
That's ridiculous." So ridiculous. "He's an adult. All adults know how to apologize." "I beg to disagree, Your Highness. Only half of the adults know how to apologize. The other half are men, and speaking for my gender, I assure you a man will move heaven and earth rather than say, I'm sorry .
~ Christina Dodd
Oh, God. Not again." Not again? "Do you make a habit of driving into people's houses?
~ Christina Dodd
I'm sorry about the screaming. I thought you were him.
~ Christina Dodd
You need to accept my apology and then let it go. That's the way we're going to do things when we're together. I'm going to fuck up and apologize a lot. You're going to forgive me and let it go.
~ Christine Feehan
I know you can hear me. I'm sorry I intruded. It was thoughtless of me; it won't happen again. But just for the record, don't try flexing your muscle on me again. He was glad he was in the form of a creature, so he couldn't smile. She didn't know what muscle was.
~ Christine Feehan