I Apologize Quotes

• I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior, which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.

  Kate Moss

  Business, Apology, People

  "Kate Moss: Sorry I let people down". www.cnn.com. September 22, 2005.

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• It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.

  Archibald Alexander

  Im Sorry, Heart, Apology

  Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

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• Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

  Tryon Edwards

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

  Grace Hopper

  Business, Apology, Ideas

  "Built to Learn: The inside story of how Rockwell Collins became a true learning organization". Book by Cliff Purington, Chris Butler, and Sarah Fister Gale, p. 171, 2003.

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• It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.

  Michael Chabon

  Apology, Simple, Accepting

  Michael Chabon (2011). “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”, p.149, Open Road Media

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• I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

  Mike Figgis

  Apology, People, Trying

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• Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness.

  John Wayne

  Forgiveness, Sorry, Apology

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• I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.

  Jerome Corsi

  Apology, Offended You, Apologizing

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• When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

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• I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Lying, Apology, Promise

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

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• If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Apology, Literature, Hussein

  "The O'Reilly Factor". News, Talk-Show, www.imdb.com. 1996 - 2017.

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• Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.

  Patricia Briggs

  Sorry, Apology, Bunnies

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.61, Penguin

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• Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

  David Brin

  Inspiring, Apology, Carpe Diem

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• Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Apology, Sides, Apologizing

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• I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.

  Anthony Weiner

  Mistake, Apology, Wife

  "In Politics: Weiner's Fall And Bachmann's Rise". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 17, 2011.

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• A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sorry, Apology, Men

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• I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

  Nikki Cox

  Apology, Stills, Knows

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• It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

  Stephen Covey

  Heart, Character, Apology

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• I liked the way my character, Shane, was first introduced. You get introduced to her through this sexual action, and I thought that was so cool and just kind of summed up what she enjoys and who she is, to a certain extent. She's a complete sexual being and the great thing is that she doesn't apologize for it. It's just who she is. We rarely see women be able to do that on television.

  Katherine Moennig

  Character, Apology, Television

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• Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, 'I apologize.' Except at a funeral.

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Im Sorry, Humor

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

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• I personally apologize to any person who felt anything less than respected and valued by myself.

  Kevin Shelley

  Apology, Apologizing, Persons

  "SHELLEY QUITS / Secretary of state says controversies over fund raising, use of federal money and his volatile temper damaged his office's 'ability to function effectively'" by Christian Berthelsen, Vanessa Hua and John Wildermuth, www.sfgate.com. February 5, 2005.

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• It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

  Grace Hopper

  Apology, Apologizing, Permission

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• Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Apology, Two Sides, Ego

  1858-9 The Professor at the Breakfast Table, ch.6.

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• The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Teamwork, Im Sorry

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• An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, God, Im Sorry

  Notebooks ch. 14 (1912)

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