Tennessee Williams
Playwright
"Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families"
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Apologizing
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Justice, Jurist, Author
"Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out."
Dennis Green
American Football Coach
"Everybody knows I'm impatient. I don't have to apologize for it. I'm too old for that."
Tom Wolfe
Journalist, Novelist
"Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about."
Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once."
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"I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in. But it has always been a mess. There have never been any 'Good Old Days,' there have just been days. And as I say to my grandchildren, 'Don't look at me. I just got here myself.'"
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"As an American, I'd like to apologize - for everything."
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"Never apologize for your cooking."
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"Talk about your failures without apologizing."
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"When you have to apologize, it is well, I suppose, to get the thing over quickly."
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"Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family."
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"No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize."
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"Never apologize for being yourself."
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"Apologies only account for that which they do not alter."
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"Do what you think is right and apologize later."
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"I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict."
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"If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize."
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"Love means never having to say you're sorry. Marriage means apologizing when you know you're right."
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"Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't."
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"I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything."
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"I personally apologize to any person who felt anything less than respected and valued by myself."
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"A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable."
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"You don't have to apologize for being feminine in a male space."
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"I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended."
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"Usually I'm too tired to apologize."
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