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Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.
Americans want our leaders to defend our values, our culture our legacy of liberty and our way of life, not apologize...
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.
I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
Tracy Morgan apologizes for his homophobic rant, still no apologies for the sketch about the guy living under the street.
Apology is the practice of extending ourselves because we value the relationship more than we value the need to be right.
I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand.
But a public oration is an escapade, a non-committal, an apology, a gag, and not a communication, not a speech, not a man.
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
How do you know when an apology is true—when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?
I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story.
Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world?
If a heartfelt apology on Twitter isn't enough to restore some small semblance of faith in humanity, I don't know what is.
Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly.
I make no apology for preoccupying myself with architecture, television, conceptual art, restaurants and Jane Asher's cakes.
If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.
I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.
I want to say to each of you, simply, and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.
If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.
America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.
I made the apologies that needed to be made, and so I didn't feel that Media Matters was a continuing form of saying I was sorry.
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny
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.
Somebody actually said that I'm the only entity on earth, other than rogue states, that has received an apology from the White House.
The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.
We're talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8.
When I accept an apology it means that the part in me that honors our relationship honors the part in you that honors our relationship.
History, in a democratic age, tends to become a series of popular apologies, and is inclined to assume that the people can do no wrong.
Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.
My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize
When your woman gives you the silent treatment, say you're sorry, or you'll find out how truly sorry you are when her monologue resumes.
You don't want to have to come into work on Monday already apologizing. I try to save my apologies for what I've done later in the week.
I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.
There are Jews who were born in Poland before World War II and survived the Holocaust, who think Poland and the Poles deserve an apology.
I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent with American values.
There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people. The president's going to have to get a touch of reality.
Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.
You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.
You don't know where life's gonna take you. Sometimes it takes you getting carried out of a club and then into a booth as an apology for it.
It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult.