Saying Sorry Quotes

• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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• An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

  Lynn Johnston

  Im Sorry, Apology, I Am Sorry

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• In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

  Margaret Laurence

  Funny, Family, Sarcastic

  Margaret Laurence (2014). “A Bird in the House: Stories”, p.90, University of Chicago Press

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• For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.

  William J. Bernstein

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.70, Penguin

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

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• Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

  Robert Fulghum

  Im Sorry, Appreciation, Hurt

  All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988)

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• Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

  Douglas Horton

  Im Sorry, Selfish, I Am Sorry

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• My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry.

  Bruce Willis

  Love, Sorry, Wife

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• You can always say sorry but the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much.

  Kid Cudi

  Hurt, Sorry, Real

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• Real friends stab you in the front.

  Jonathan Davis

  Friendship, Im Sorry, True Friend

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• You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

  E. W. Howe

  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology

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• Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words.

  Rachel Vincent

  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology

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• I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.

  Beth Revis

  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Apology

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• True friends stab you in the front.

  Oscar Wilde

  Best Friend, Friendship, Funny Love

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• True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Regret

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

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• I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

  Sitting Bull

  Im Sorry, Native American, I Am Sorry

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• Saying sorry doesn't solve the problem. It's what you do after that truly counts

  Drake

  Sorry, Problem, Solve

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• I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

  Desmond Tutu

  Sorry, Mean, Heaven

  "Desmond Tutu Would Prefer Hell Over A Homophobic Heaven". Desmond Tutu's statements during the United Nations’ launch of its gay-rights program in Cape Town, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2013.

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• Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.

  Mother Teresa

  Sorry, Want, Ifs

  Source: mattersindia.com

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• I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.

  Dorothy McGuire

  Sorry, Granted, I'm Sorry

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

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• They gave high fives to all the players who say like the most obvious textbook answers in the world. It's like after each game, you already know what they're going to say. If they lost: "Ahh ... Tough loss." It's like, come on, how do you guys fall for that? And if they something that they really feel, everyone goes crazy. Like "Oohh! He's spazzing out!" Now he gotta say sorry for saying something he really felt. It's like, Oh lord.

  Gilbert Arenas

  Sorry, Crazy, Fall

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