Apologizing Quotes - Page 8

• We're not going to apologize for acting like a good football team.

  Joe Flacco

  Football, Team, Acting

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• I won't apologize for
  who I am

  Selena Gomez

  Who I Am

  Song: I Won't Apologize, Album: Kiss and Tell

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• Comedy is truth. We should not apologize for it.

  Joan Rivers

  Comedy, Should

  Twitter post from Aug 5, 2014

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• Don't flaunt your success, but don't apologize for it either.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Success

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2012). “Life's Little Instruction Book: Simple Wisdom and a Little Humor for Living a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.405, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Never apologize for being nerdy.

  John Barrowman

  Nerdy

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• I made a horrendous mistake not apologizing to my wife.

  Ray Rice

  Mistake, Wife, Made

  "Ray Rice seeks 'second chance' for NFL; admits mistake for not apologizing to Janay". "TODAY" with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. December 2, 2014.

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• [perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.

  William Westney

  Knowing, Effort, Perfectionism

  William Westney (2003). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”

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• I'm not going to apologize for being successful.

  Mitt Romney

  Successful, Being Successful

  "At Debate, Gingrich Denies He Sought Open Marriage". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. January 20, 2012.

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• I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am

  Viola Davis

  Inspiring, Hilarious, Hair

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• The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Forgiving, Be Kind, Virtue

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• Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is the default setting for a woman's life from first period to menopause, and she needs a note from God not to say yes to every zygote that knocks on her door.

  Katha Pollitt

  Baby, Motherhood, Thinking

  Katha Pollitt (2014). “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights”, p.10, Picador

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• My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Player, College

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• I believe the time we really look big in a child's eyes is when we go to them and apologize for our mistakes and we say, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me?'

  Kevin Leman

  Children, Mistake, Believe

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• I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.

  Kevin Dillon

  Comedian, Fans, Bigs

  "Kevin Dillon Talks ‘Entourage’ Ending, Keeping Johnny Drama Alive". Interview With Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2011.

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• I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

  Bruno Mars

  Mistake, Trying, Too Late

  Song: When I Was Your Man, Album: Unorthodox Jukebox, 2012

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• I apologize for nothing.

  Eric Cantona

  I Apologize

  "The Gospel of Eric Cantona". Interview with David Hirshey, www.espn.com.

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• As an American, I'd like to apologize - for everything.

  Rich Hall

  America

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• It's just mind-blowingly awesome. I apologize, and I wish I was more articulate, but it's hard to be articulate when your mind's blown-but in a very good way.

  Elon Musk

  Mind, Wish, Way

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• I do not deny I brought most of my notoriety on myself, nor do I apologize for it.

  Billy Carter

  Notoriety, Deny, I Apologize

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• When you have to apologize, it is well, I suppose, to get the thing over quickly.

  Dorothy Parker

  Apology, Wells

  Dorothy Parker (1970). “A month of Saturdays: thirty-one famous pieces by "Constant Reader"”

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• After everything I've been through, the last thing I'm going to apologize for is my paranoia

  Richard Finney

  Lasts, Paranoia

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• I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.

  James P. Hoffa

  Workers, Standing, Fellows

  "Hoffa's Tea Party Rhetoric Too Violent?". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2011.

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• This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She flaunted it and, having been given more than any woman before her, demanded even more than that.

  J. Courtney Sullivan

  Girl, Modern, Given

  J. Courtney Sullivan (2013). “The Engagements”, p.176, Vintage

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• But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.

  Nate Ruess

  Art, Creating, Long

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• In America, we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Celebrate, Celebrate Success

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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