Quotes by Apology Request an apology when you believe you deserve one, but don't get in a tug of war about it. Instead, be a role model and tender a genuine apology yourself when an apology is due. Your willingness to apologize can be contagious and models maturity for your partner. Also, your non-apologizing partner may use a nonverbal way to reconnect after a fight, defuse the tension, or show you he's in a new place and wants to repair a disconnection. Accept the olive branch however it's offered. Harriet Lerner apology war believe There are some things for which there is no apology, and on the question of slavery, there is no adequate apology for ripping people out of their homeland and bringing them here in chains. There is no adequate apology for the ongoing horrific legacy of racism. Harriet Lerner apology racism people 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. Harry Reid apology reality people 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. Harry S. Truman patriotic apology political I apologize for my terrible interview skills. Heath Ledger apology interviews skills Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. Henri Frederic Amiel faults apology atheism I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live. Helen Keller philanthropy charity apology Accept life, and you must accept regret. Henri Frederic Amiel apology regret acceptance So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every one is an optimist, that the greatest usefulness must be ascribed to knowledge. They are all tyrannized over by logic, and this is optimism in its essence. Friedrich Nietzsche apology philosophy hands And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it. Howard Stern ugly apology strong I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. Hume Cronyn apology play trying I ask for your forgiveness. I feel so miserable that it's difficult even to say sorry. Hwang Woo-suk miserable apology sorry The ready apology covers a multitude of social sins. Humphry Davy apology sin social Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out. Ibrahim Babangida patriotic apology sacrifice 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. Ike Barinholtz apology monday trying It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen apology believe america When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies. Idris Elba apology play character What is more obscene: the idea that one can apologize for the hubris and deceit that is Obama and his health care, or the actual need some have for an apology from an entity so evil that he would toy with the lives of millions as though they were insects and he God? This is hard to tell. Ilana Mercer apology evil ideas In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them. Horace apology writing thinking I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange. Ivan Lendl apology strange sports «56789101112131415»