Apologizing Quotes - Page 16

• 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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• Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world... Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.

  Khaled Mashal

  Moving, Israel, Thrones

  Khaled Mashal's Address at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus, 2006.

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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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• 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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• 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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• I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.

  Eliot Spitzer

  I Apologize

  "'Straight Arrow' Governor 'Eliot Ness' Spitzer (?-NY)". www.newsbusters.org. March 10, 2008.

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• To all my friends, readers, and students: I apologize for not being able to write you directly, however the God and Goddess have given me new challenges to face. Upon hearing of all the support you are giving me, I am unimaginably grateful. I have no doubt that while there will be challenges to come, the God and Goddess will not be bringing me to the Summerland anytime soon. In perfect love and in perfect trust, Donald Michael Kraig

  Donald Michael Kraig

  Grateful, Writing, Support You

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• Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional positions without apologizing for their self-sufficiency, and in general acted the way many of us think woman acted only after 1969.

  Mick LaSalle

  Cheating, Baby, Husband

  Mick LaSalle (2014). “Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood”, p.1, Macmillan

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• I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

  Robert Plant

  Acceptance, Financial, Periods

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• Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Believe, Character, Past

  Victor Davis Hanson (2010). “The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern”, p.48, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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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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• Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law reviews pay for their precious dignity.

  Fred Rodell

  Law, Long, Awkward

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs.

  Steven Moffat

  Writing, Self, Laughing

  "The new Doctor Who: Steven Moffat and Matt Smith". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 16, 2010.

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

  Rich Hall

  America

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• I don't feel any shame I won't apologize if there ain't nowhere you can go running away from pain when you've been victimized tales from another broken home.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Running, Pain, Home

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• If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,” Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.” There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor. “Oh, come now,” Mr. Grimston said. “Surely it won’t come to pistols at dawn.” “I’m not talking about a duel,” Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here.

  Julia Quinn

  Mean, Talking, Voice

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.372, Harlequin

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• It's the only real advantage to getting older. You get to say what you mean and stop apologizing.

  Jill Davis

  Life, Real, Mean

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