Apology Quotes - Page 9

• Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Tails, Jackets, Findings

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• No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of your life bearable.

  Melina Marchetta

  Stories, Rest Of Your Life, Bearable

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• I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Regret, Stupid, Doe

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

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• I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

  Heath Ledger

  Skills, Interviews, Apologizing

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• Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was... graze hands or something." "Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children?" Tobias raises his eyebrows. "They are brought into being by sheer force of will," the woman on the arm of the chair interjects. "Didn't you know that, Tobias?" "No, I wasn't aware." He grins. "My apologies.

  Veronica Roth

  Children, Men, Hands

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• Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia's body with his tongue. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. He savors every sound he elicits from her. The entire room trembles as they come together. And though there are a great many fragile objects contained within it, nothing breaks.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Silence, Leaving, Together

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• I’m sorry, my lady,” said Geric, rubbing his arm. “But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.

  Shannon Hale

  Sorry, Offending, Arms

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.186, A&C Black

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• 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.

  Sienna Miller

  People, Made, Needed

  "Sienna Miller confesses: 'I have been foolish when it comes to love'". www.mirror.co.uk. August 5, 2009.

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• 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, People, Want

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

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• Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.

  Rick Santorum

  Sacrifice, America, Arrogance

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• Erin was right. Apologies could come too late.

  Tammara Webber

  Too Late, Erin, Late

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• John rose to his feet and apologized to Holiday. Her mom seethed. Her dad tried to talk to her seething mom. Holiday tried to touch everyone. Burnett continued to glare green daggers at John, proving how hard it was for a vampire to accept an apology. Not that she blamed him. Kill him. Kill him. She cheered the vampire on. Lucas hadn't stopped scowling at Derek and Derek hadn't stopped ignoring Lucas.

  C.C. Hunter

  Mom, Dad, Holiday

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• The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because without mutual respect and mutual responsibility, the truth is we can achieve very little.

  Kevin Rudd

  New Relationship, Responsibility, Opportunity

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

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• I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap.

  Kevin Rudd

  Lying, Challenges, Gaps

  "Late Night Live" with Phillip Adams, www.abc.net.au. August 4, 2010.

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• So what did you bring? Lip gloss and a hairbrush?” Smirking, she unpacked the sandwiches Mort's cook had made for her, along with an ample slice of chocolate cake. “You owe me an apology.” “Omigod, it's a feast! Okay, you're forgiven.

  Jana Oliver

  Cake, Chocolate, Sandwiches

  Jana Oliver (2012). “Forgiven”, p.40, Macmillan

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• It was a trap after all,” Alric said. He turned to Royce. “My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Doubt, Sound, Paranoia

  Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “The Crown Conspiracy”, p.132, Ridan Publishing

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• Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.

  Melina Marchetta

  Pride, Keys, Age

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• Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Wish, Done

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Essays: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I am sorry," was all Drizzt could quietly mouth. Vierna shook her head, refusing any apology. To Drizzt, it seemed as if that buried part of her that was Zaknafein Do'Urden's daughter approved of this ending.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Daughter, Sorry, Mouths

  R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Legacy: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.287, Wizards of the Coast

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• How do you know when an apology is true—when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?

  Beth Kephart

  Mean, Lasts, Moments

  Beth Kephart (2007). “Undercover”, HarperTeen

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• I have a no-apology policy.

  Kathy Griffin

  Policy

  "Kathy Griffin: GLAAD to Show Off Her Bikini Bod" by Marc Malkin, www.eonline.com. April 20, 2009.

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• Moving between her thighs, he stretched out above her, then thrust into her. Once. Because, as he did everything, he acted without hesitation or apology to claim her entirely. Her eyes went wide and her breath caught. Holding her gaze, he pressed himself deeper, barely easing back before pressing deep again.

  Sandra Brown

  Moving, Eye, Claims

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• I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event is finished, long after cards have been sent and apologies made and everyone else had moved on. Adults were pack rats of old, useless emotions

  Reif Larsen

  Ideas, Long, Feelings

  Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.317, Penguin

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• It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Book, Writing, Simple

  "The Girl in Blue". Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1970.

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• But my apology was a thousand apologies.

  Deb Caletti

  Thousand

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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