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Quotes About Apologetic

White guilt morally and culturally disarms the West. It makes the First World apologetic. And this, of course, only inflames the narcissism of the ineffectual.
~ Shelby Steele
operation was for me. I had been in town less than a half-hour. The other five had probably been here all their lives. Any problem with any of them and an embarrassed sergeant would have shuffled in. He would be apologetic. He would mumble to them.
~ Lee Child
You can't blame a fella for kissing the prettiest girl in New York, can you, sister?" Sam's grin was anything but apologetic. Evie brought up her knee quickly and decisively, and he dropped to the floor like a grain sack. "You can't blame a girl for her quick reflexes now, can you, pal?
~ Libba Bray
For a short while she considered the idea of orchestral courtesy. Certainly one should avoid giving political offence: German orchestras, of course, used to be careful about playing Wagner abroad, at least in some countries, choosing instead German composers who were somewhat more ... apologetic.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
So often we are too apologetic for our shortcomings, when we should be accepting, even celebrating ourselves – warts and all. If you are hard on yourself, others will be hard on you. If you come from a place of strength, your relationships will be strong. The truth is people can only accept you as much as you can accept yourself. Every important relationship in your life is a reflection of how you feel about yourself." - Robin Fisher Roffer
~ Robin Fisher Roffer
Oh, what have I done?" "You fainted." "I—I am very sorry.
~ E.M. Forster
Have you talked to her? What would you have had me say Bastien? Oh, I'm sorry Inez. I didn't mean to bite you, my fangs slipped.
~ Lynsay Sands
Eastern spirits are made from rice and their hangovers are apologetic while stabbing you in the kidneys," Eagles replied affably. "What you want, western man, are southern spirits. These will do you the courtesy of smashing you in the face as you drink them, rather than tricking you into thinking them mild and harmless.
~ M.C.A. Hogarth
I hope I haven't hurt your feelings,' he said. 'I don't have feelings, at least not the inconvenient ones.
~ Sarah Beth Durst
Then Jack turned to her. Safari? That was the best excuse you could come up with for me not being at a meeting? She winced apologetically. I'm sorry. I'm a terrible liar. What was wrong with simple sickness? A nice, normal bout of food poisoning? He was in a bad mood. I kind of got carried away, she admitted. Boy, are you lucky I watched Tarzan so much as a kid.
~ Sarah Mayberry
My tongue goes to the Secretary of the Dead to tell the corpses, I'm sorry, fellows, the killing was just one of those things difficult to pre-visualize - like a cow, say, getting hit by lightning.
~ Galway Kinnell
Well, I have to say it's mighty nice of them Daimons to clean up after themselves when you kill them. It's much better than slaying an Arcadian. (He held his hands up to them.) Look, Ma, no mess. (Fang) Does Fang have an off switch? (Talon) (Looking a bit apologetic, Vane shook his head no.)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Gundar isn't so much a ship's captain as a reformed pirate and a heathen." [Evanlyn] looked apologetically at Gundar. "No offense, Gundar." The skirl shrugged cheerfully. "None taken, little lady. It's a pretty fair description. Not sure about the reformed part," he added thoughtfully.
~ John Flanagan
the sense of apology did not go away; it was a tiring thing to carry. —
~ Elizabeth Strout
Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic.
~ Charles Krauthammer
Extermination must be put on a scientific basis if it is ever to be carried out humanely and apologetically as well as thoroughly.
~ George Bernard Shaw
The 'serial kisser' tag that has been thrust on to me is a lame stereotype. It irritates me. Yes, there is sexual content in my movies, and I have never been apologetic about doing bold scenes. But it's not fair to tag me this way because that can be very stifling.
~ Emraan Hashmi
Oooohh, I'm sorry Kazuha-chan. I don't think I can be a gentleman. (kiss)
~ Banri Hidaka
The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.
~ Sargent Shriver
You do not imagine that a mere matter of etiquette could foil you. But the social dimension turns out to be as essential as the scientific—matters of how casual you should be, how formal, how reticent, how forthright. Also: how apologetic, how self-confident, how money-minded.
~ Atul Gawande
the social dimension turns out to be as essential as the scientific—matters of how casual you should be, how formal, how reticent, how forthright. Also: how apologetic, how self-confident, how money-minded. In this work against sickness, we begin not with genetic or cellular interactions, but with human ones.
~ Atul Gawande
Sorry!" the She-dogs yelled from the other side. "We're closed!
~ Shelly Laurenston
I would suggest that what the translator has to give up is the temptation to translate history by making sense of it, that is, by using an apologetic or apocalyptic discourse. What the translator fails to do is to erase the body, to erase the murder of the original.
~ Shoshana Felman
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.
~ Simone Elkeles