Apologizing Quotes - Page 8

• I apologize to those supporting Wii U about the lack of new titles from Nintendo in January and February but please understand we will have new titles to offer from March onward.

  Satoru Iwata

  Titles, Wii, Nintendo

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• To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger to ever apologize...he's that type of person.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Player, Wenger

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• Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

  Louis Caldera

  New York, Responsibility, Confusion

  "White House apologizes for low-flying plane" by Mythili Rao, www.cnn.com. April 28, 2009.

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• I think women have a lack of confidence. They often apologize; I was guilty of that too. When people have said, "Oh, look at your success," I would downplay it.

  Tory Burch

  Thinking, People, Guilty

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I am not going to apologize for speaking the Name of Jesus, I am not going to justify my faith to them, and I am not going to hide the light that God has put in me. If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.

  Rachel

  Jesus, Sacrifice, Light

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• This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.

  Fred Thompson

  Country, Freedom, Tired

  "ABC Reacts to Fred Thompson Entry With Boredom, Sarcasm". "Good Morning America", www.newsbusters.org. August 31, 2007.

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• Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

  John Arbuthnot

  Happy Life, Secret

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• I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me. He didn't know whether he was happy to have me as a son or not. In a strange way, I was glad that Poseidon was so distant. If he'd tried to apologize, or told me he love me, or even smiled. it would've felt fake. Like human dad, making some lame excuse for not being around. I could live with that. After all, I wasn't sure about him yet, either.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Son, Thinking

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• I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or emotionally handle, which causes me to break down in quite predictable displays of dramatic exhaustion. You will be the one burdened with the job of mopping me up every time I've overextended myself and then fallen apart. This will be unbelievably tedious. I apologize in advance.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Jobs, Energy, Enthusiasm

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage”, p.94, A&C Black

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• So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Math, Growth

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.179, Random House

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• I refuse to finance the mass murder of innocent
  civilians...What is one more life thrown away in this
  sad and useless national tragedy? If one death can
  atone for anything, in any small way, to say to the
  world: I apologize for what we have done to you, I am
  ashamed for the mayhem and turmoil caused by my
  country.

  Malachi Ritscher

  Country, Tragedy, World

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• Maybe nobody has a right to tell anybody to shut up. Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize.

  Meg Cabot

  War, Shut Up

  Meg Cabot (2015). “The Princess Diaries”, p.120, Pan Macmillan

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• I keep feeling like everyone wants me to apologize for something.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Feelings, Want, Want Me

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• I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can’t always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I’ll support you.

  Richelle Mead

  Smart, Support You, Decision

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• Is it meaningless to apologize? Never.

  Alan Moore

  Meaningless

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• She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his--he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologize and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.

  Cassandra Clare

  Kissing, Hands, Circles

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

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• Sophie," he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I have not yet had a chance to properly apologize to you, so let me take it now. Please forgive me for the trick I played on you with the scones. I did not mean to show you disrespect. I hope you do not imagine I think any less of you for your position in the household, for you are one of the finest and bravest ladies I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mean, Thinking, Knowing

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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• I apologize for apologizing." "Thank you.

  Rick Riordan

  I Apologize

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• You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.

  Neal Shusterman

  People, Wish, Should

  Neal Shusterman (2014). “UnSouled”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other’s toes, we’ll never have time to be friends.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Forgiving, Steps, Toes

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.457, St. Martin's Griffin

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• America, I'm gonna shoot straight with you, I think I've wasted your time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time. I apologize for that.

  Glenn Beck

  Time, Thinking, America

  "The Massa Circus Takes the Air out of Glenn Beck" by Kevin Allocca, www.adweek.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I do not apologize for advertising. I think it is as vital to the preservation of freedom in my country as the free exercise of publishing a newspaper or the free exercise of building a church or the free exercise of the right of trial by jury.

  Thomas Dillon

  Country, Business, Exercise

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• For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others of course don't care, and they continue acting with contempt.

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  Forgiveness, Giving, Challenges

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• Never apologize for being yourself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Being Yourself

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• I don't see the point in apologizing to someone who remains angry enough to throw me off a cliff...unless we are standing by a cliff.

  Wes Fesler

  Apology, Cliffs, Enough

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