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“Apologies for any insult this causes,' she said without peering out from around her easel, 'but I am not in the market for a husband, my lord. Please just go.'
A beat of silence passed. With any luck, Vexley would be insulted by the bite in her tone and would turn right back around and leave for some faraway city at the edge of the world.
'Well, that's quite a relief considering I'm in want of a painting, not a wife.”
Source: Throne of the Fallen
“Apologies have more power than most of us realize to restore strained relationships, free us from vengeful impulses, and create possibilities for growth.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apologies in advance if we didn’t tell you in advance.”
Source: Hotel Miramar: An Old Castle Novel
“Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it.”
Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory
“Apologies must go hand in hand with substantive, systemic change, which, in turn, will support meaningful reconciliation.”
Source: Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
“Apologies often cannot undo pain; but they can acknowledge it. And part of the cruelty of bullying is that the bruises it leaves are on the inside—it’s a hidden form of violence, shrouded by shame.”
Source: Mercy Matters: Opening Yourself to the Life-Changing Gift
“Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches
“Apologies require taking full responsibility. No half-truths, no partial admissions, no rationalizations, no finger pointing, and no justifications belong in any apology.”
Source: The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
“Apologies to all those I hurt. Given a chance, I would do it again!”
“Apologies; our cultural obsession with them isn't about actually being offended, or simply needing to hear, “I'm sorry.” It's not really about right or wrong. It's about wanting to throw a rock in the dark and hear something break.”
“Apologise for your behaviour, not other's feelings.”
“Apologists for activist government never tire of telling us that the
benevolent state is our protector and that without it wed be at the mercy of
monsters. It is about time that we understood that the U.S. government does
more to endanger the American people than any imagined monsters around the
world…by pursuing its Grand Foreign Policy of meddling anywhere and
everywhere.”
“Apologists for modernity and capitalism within the Catholic Church insist that capitalism is compatible with defined dogmas declared by the magisterium, with the tenets of natural law, and with the incontrovertible truths expressed in the divine positive law. Catholics such as this writer are insulted with the epithets of "socialists" or "unpatriotic" or "ignorant" for failing to see the good brought by modern democracy, for calling into question the nature of the supposed freedoms granted by governments elected through popular sovereignty without reference to Christ the King and His Vicar the Pope, and for insisting on a return to an understanding of human life predicated on the essential nature of human family and divine worship to the happiness of man on earth and his beatitude in Heaven. This writer is waiting for an explanation of how the separation of the state from the Church has lent support to the absolute sanctity of life from conception to natural death. He desires to see proof that democratically elected governments and their citizens are committed to prohibiting divorce and the destruction of the family as mandated by God when He physically walked the earth two thousand years ago . . . If indeed there is a difference on the moral plane between capitalist consumption of goods and communist redistribution of goods, it is high time that man be given evidence of the existence of this singular truth which heretofore has been an amazingly well kept secret. Other than the fact that both communists and capitalists seek to produce as many material things as possible with the capitalists having far more success thereat, none has convincingly demonstrated that aught else separates the two systems in their impact on the understanding of the sanctity of human life, the controls placed on the conduct of human life, and the ultimate end of human life. (pages 171-172)”
Source: Distributism for Dorothy
“Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.”
“Apologize and Appreciation are the two things that are vital for a relationship to lead a pleasant life for an ample amount of time because both of these will put their relationship on the table than their Ego.”
“Apologize on you mistake in time-may you never get time again...”
“Apologize!
That's the least you can do to try to make right something you have wronged.”
“Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.”
“Apologized for saying Barack Obama was clean and articulate.”
“Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.”
“Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.”
“Apologizing for insulting after doing it is like regretting a murder after shooting a gun. Although appreciated, doesn't deny the fact that whoever does that doesn't deserve the one they insult.”
Source: Codex Illuminatus: Quotes & Sayings of Dan Desmarques
“Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.”
Source: The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern
“Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn't change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got it, for the person you offended, if at all you had a place in their hearts, you'll be totally forgiven and accepted.”
“Apologizing is like spring cleaning.”
“Apologizing makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Expressing gratitude makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Maybe there's something to this vulnerability/strength connection, eh?”
“Apology accepted. If you're finished Mrs. Porter ---"
"Allegra."
"Fine. If you're finished, Allegra, I'd like to go."
"I'm not."
Good Lord, but the woman was a blister that refused to pop.”
Source: Silk
“Apology calls for a willingness to sacrifice on behalf of the wronged party and the inherent value of the relationship, not for what it brings to you but for what you can bring to it.”
“Apology
I didn't mean to say so much to you.
I should have thought to let the evening end
by looking at the stars subdued
into their antique blue and alabaster hues.
Such looking would have fit with my intent.
I didn't mean to speak that way to you.
If I could take it back, I'd take it, undo
it, and replace it with the things I meant
to give—not what I let slip (it's true)
like any pristine star of ornamental hue.
I do not always do what I intend.
I didn't mean to say so much to you.
It slipped before I saw, before I knew.
Or do we always do what we intend?
Perhaps it's true and all along I knew
what I was saying—but how I wanted you.
I should have thought to let the evening end.
The placid stars seemed filled and then subdued
by what I did and did not want to do.”
Source: Granted
“Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.”
“Apology is both transactional, in that it restores what has been broken to what it was before, and transformational, in that it creates opportunities that didn't exist before.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust (Large Print 16pt)
“Apology is mankind's nearest course to perfection.”
“Apology is not always the guarantee that the mistake will not be repeated.”
“Apology is not for the faint of heart, but then, neither is life.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
An apology is such an expression that shows not only greatness and insight, but it also protects you from breaking family ties and friendly contacts.
― Ehsan Sehgal”
“Apology is only egotism wrong side out.”
“Apology is the last insult to the ignorant mind!”
“Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apology is the practice of extending ourselves because we value the relationship more than we value the need to be right.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.”
“Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apology means nothing without change, you have to follow it up with action.”
“Apology reminds us that each person (including ourselves) deserves to be respected and treated fairly.”
Source: The Power of Apology: Healing Steps to Transform All Your Relationships
“Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.”
Source: Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust
“Apologys for self-evident Truths can never have any effect on those who have so little Sense as to deny them. They are the Foundation of all Reasoning, and the only just Bottom on which Men can proceed in convincing one another of the Truth: and by consequence whoever is capable of denying them, is not in a condition to be informed.”
“Apontaram para o ecrã e, depois, para nós. Acenámos com a cabeça. Não encararam aquilo de modo tão estranho como eu pensei. Pareceu-lhes até bastante natural. Dávamos a volta ao mundo, estávamos em casa deles e aparecíamos na televisão. Era tão simples quanto isso.”
Source: Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
“Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others don’t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations in psychological terminology when it implies finding meaning or pattern where none exists; and some positive ones when it implies finding something important, useful or beautiful. It thus links creativity and psychosis, genius and madness.”
“Apoplexie and lethargie,
As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.”
“Apostasy from Islam is a crime and is punishable by death.”