Apologizing Quotes - Page 23

• I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.

  Kinky Friedman

  People, Trying, Intimidating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Time and again-from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the events of 9/11 to the onset of the Arab Spring-events have caught the experts, whether in government or on the outside, completely by surprise. Business owners with comparable performance records go bust. Brokers lose their clients. Physicians get sued for malpractice. Yet think-tankers and policy wonks continue to opine, never pausing to reflect on-or apologize for-their spotty records.

  Andrew Bacevich

  Spring, Thinking, Government

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• Did Donald Trump apologize for taking after somebody in a Twitter war and making fun of her weight? Did he apologize for saying African-Americans are living in Hell? Did he apologize for saying President Obama was not even a citizen of the United States? You will look in vain to see Donald Trump ever taking responsibility for anybody and apologizing.

  Tim Kaine

  Fun, War, Responsibility

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• My books have been published all over Europe. They read me there, and I want to read them back. I also spend a lot of time in Europe, often meeting writers, and I'm sick of apologizing for the embarrassing shortage of translations in America.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Book, Sick, Embarrassing

  "Against Eternal Provincialism: An Interview with Aleksandar Hemon". The Amazon Book Review Interview, www.amazonbookreview.com. December 16, 2009.

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• He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all.

  Robin McKinley

  Giving, Lessons

  Robin McKinley (2014). “The Hero and the Crown”, p.13, Open Road Media

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• I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people.

  Lance Armstrong

  People, Trying

  "He's still lying...Lance is a little runt". www.dailymail.co.uk. January 18, 2013.

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• I'm not apologizing for what I did. I'm apologizing for what I didn't do.

  Jennifer Tilly

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• Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Needs, Mouths, Hello

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• Do what you think is right and apologize later.

  Scott Wilson

  Thinking, Morgana

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• I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.

  Khaled Mashal

  Country, Memories, Regret

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• The measure of a man cannot be whether he ever makes mistakes, because he will make mistakes. It's what he does in response to his mistakes. The same is true of companies. We have to apologize, we have to fix the problem, and we have to learn from our mistakes.

  Wil Shipley

  Mistake, Men, Community

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• If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

  Edward Abbey

  Insult, I Apologize, Stills

  Edward Abbey (1988). “One Life at a Time, Please”, p.5, Macmillan

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• I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in. But it has always been a mess. There have never been any 'Good Old Days,' there have just been days. And as I say to my grandchildren, 'Don't look at me. I just got here myself.'

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Grandchildren, Looks, Planets

  Kurt Vonnegut (2013). “If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young”, p.79, RosettaBooks

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• Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Opportunity, Thinking, Giving

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• You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.

  Marianne Williamson

  Smart, Needs, Brilliant

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.54, Ballantine Books

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• When I was a boy I was called a nerd all the time — because I didn’t like sports, I loved to read, I liked math and science, I thought school was really cool — and it hurt a lot. Because it’s never ok when a person makes fun of you for something you didn’t choose. You know, we don’t choose to be nerds. We can’t help it that we like these things — and we shouldn’t apologize for liking these things.

  Wil Wheaton

  Sports, Hurt, Fun

  "Wil Wheaton Stands Up For Nerds Everywhere In Touching Response To Young Fan". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2014.

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• A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

  Terry Brooks

  Princess, Cat, Pleasure

  Terry Brooks (2009). “A Princess of Landover”, p.135, Del Rey

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• I have to apologize to you that I am still among the living. There will be a remedy for this, however.

  Albert Einstein

  Remedy, Stills

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.108, Princeton University Press

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• I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.

  Irene Cara

  Artist, Years, Musician

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• MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.

  Janet Jackson

  Nfl, Mtv, Intention

  "Apologetic Jackson says 'costume reveal' went awry". www.cnn.com. February 3, 2004.

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• Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad - old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble,' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to ME when I conk them with a careless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast, haymaking in June, seaside piers, Ordnance Survey maps, tea and crumpets, summer showers and foggy winter evenings - every bit of it.

  Bill Bryson

  Summer, Country, Sorry

  "Notes from a Small Island". Book by Bill Bryson, 1995.

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• If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

  Sidney Poitier

  Children, Men, Ifs

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• I apologize for my terrible interview skills. I wasn't prepared to expose stories about something so special and wonderfully private that is happening in my life. I guess a part of me wishes that I'd never have to and that maybe I could protect this special time. I was dreaming.

  Heath Ledger

  Dream, Skills, Special

  Heath Ledger's apology after he was accused of ignoring reporters' questions and focused on peeling an orange to calm his nerves for TV program "Sunrise", September 2005.

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• You cant spend your life apologizing.

  Jude Law

  Cant

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• Media reporters have pointed out that the paragraphs in my Time column this week bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore's essay in the April 22nd issue of The New Yorker. They are right. I made a terrible mistake. It is a serious lapse and one that is entirely my fault. I apologize unreservedly to her, to my editors at Time, and to my readers.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Mistake, Media, Editors

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