Top 100 I Apologize Quotes
#1. I just have to work on the apologetic side because I'm Canadian. We apologize for everything.
Amanda Crew
#2. Barry Bonds is outspoken. I think that the people of Pittsburgh felt, it's a syndrome of you've got to apologize for being successful if you're successful (as well as) black and outspoken.
Dave Parker
#3. The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'
Grace Hopper
#4. In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia. I didn't spend enough time with my children. Now, when I get an all-important call, I sometimes say that I'm having lunch with my granddaughter. And I do not apologize
Arthur Hertzberg
#5. My favorite was Love Is ... Never Having to Say You're Sorry. This was,the good Lord knew, a dream of mine. But every time I refused to apologize for something, Love seemed to just fly out the window.
Haven Kimmel
#6. Millard! Are you all right? Say something!"
"I must apologize," he said. "It seems I've gone and gotten myself shot.
Ransom Riggs
#7. I won't apologize for evolving past your comfort zone.
Unknown
#8. For a long time I've wanted to apologize for my behavior that year, but I'm not sure how or even if it would be sincere. How does the man (woman) apologize for the boy (girl)? (132)
Michael Greenberg
#9. I would like to apologize for the rocking of this boat, but we are currently being humped by a whale.
Andy Parsons
#10. As president I would actually name the enemy, radical Islamic terrorists. We've got a president [ Barack Obama] who wants to apologize for America and wants to criticize medieval Christian and wants to wage war on junk food. He won't even say the words "radical Islamic terrorists."
Bobby Jindal
#11. Flowers, champagne, caviar. Do you usually come so well equipped when you break and enter?"
"Only when I want to apologize and throw myself on the mercy of a beautiful woman.
Nora Roberts
#12. 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.
Cher
#13. Good point." Sophia said at last. "I'm not very good at saying sorry, but I apologize.
Chris Kurtz
#14. I apologize for my body's reaction," he managed between deep breaths. "That's not how I usually tell a woman I find her attractive." Jake Dalton, Prisoner of Love
Cathy Skendrovich
#16. I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.
Thomas Harris
#17. This is my life ... my story ... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it; nor will I apologize for the edits I make.
Steve Maraboli
#18. I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.
LeAnn Rimes
#19. I'm sorry. Were you just speaking to me? I apologize most profusely. I was distracted by the size of the sweat stains under your arms. Are you overly warm today? It seems unlikely given the cold, dead heart that surely beats in your chest.
T.J. Klune
#20. I have to apologize to you that I am still among the living. There will be a remedy for this, however.
Albert Einstein
#21. Lysandra said softly, "I will not apologize to you. I serve her. And I am willing to spend the rest of my life pretending to be her so that her sacrifice isn't in vain - " "You
Sarah J. Maas
#22. If I have done wrong to another person, the correct course of action is to apologize and make amends to that person and not blow it all off and hope that some God is going to forgive me and make it all go away. That sort of mentality is what allows people to not treat others in a way that is good.
Matt Dillahunty
#25. And I apologize to all of you who are the same age as my grandchildren. And many of you reading this are the same age as my grandchildren. They, like you, are being royally shafted and lied to by our Baby Boomer corporations and government.
Kurt Vonnegut
#26. I write better in Cape Breton ... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
Farley Mowat
#27. I refuse to apologize for my ability - I refuse to apologize for my success - I refuse to apologize for my money.
Ayn Rand
#28. He wished he could somehow go back and find the iPhone people whom he'd jostled on the sidewalk earlier, apologize to them - I'm sorry, I've just realized that I'm as minimally present in this world as you are, I had no right to judge -
Emily St. John Mandel
#29. I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.
Anthony Weiner
#30. My bad brother. I won't apologize that it happened, hell fucking no, best breakfast I've ever had
Harper Sloan
#31. There's a small window of opportunity to apologize sometimes after you've terribly wronged someone. It closes. Sometimes forever, but it never opens wide enough again for a good breeze.
Darnell Lamont Walker
#32. America, I'm gonna shoot straight with you, I think I've wasted your time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time. I apologize for that.
Glenn Beck
#33. I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.
Jerome Corsi
#34. Will you allow me to start over this morning? I fear I arose on the wrong side of the bed.
'It is I who should apologize. I'm afraid that any side of the bed would have been the wrong one at this hour.
Julia Quinn
#36. I listen to Gov. Romney have to apologize because he has been successful.
Trey Gowdy
#37. I ain't apologize to no whore. (Irn)
You don't ever treat a woman like that. You apologize to her or so help me I'll gouge out your eyes and shove them down your throat. (Devyn)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#38. I hope that wasn't because of what I said about the barrel racing," Kelsey said.
"Probably me," Cole said. "She's sensitive. And I'm not. I'll apologize later.
Maisey Yates
#39. Sorry, I should have warned you. Apologies are the keystone of an enduring relationship. Failing to apologize for mistakes, or getting onto a treadmill of belittling insults, is a bad warning sign. So far we've avoided it, but .
Charles Stross
#40. I would like to apologize to the relatives of the fan who gave me 29 books to sign in Odyssey 7, Manchester. I'm a little twitchy towards the end of a day of signing and did not mean to kill and eat him.
Terry Pratchett
#41. If she expected me to apologize she was going to be sorely disappointed.
I'd never be sorry for kissing her.
Lisa Kessler
#42. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for. Not that I'm one to talk.
Jennifer Niven
#43. Its like a button in my brain is broken, like i've developed a disease that forces me to apologize for everything, for existing, for wanting more than what i've been given, and i can't stop.
Tahereh Mafi
#44. If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult ... I apologize.
Edward Abbey
#45. I believe the time we really look big in a child's eyes is when we go to them and apologize for our mistakes and we say, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me?'
Kevin Leman
#46. I believe in striving for excellence. I sweat the big and small stuff! I do not apologize for this.
Anthony S. Fauci
#47. Just get out your magic pencil and erase the cloudy skies, and just draw a picture of me saying, I apologize.
Bill Anderson
#48. I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do.
April Winchell
#49. I have nothing definite to apologize for; I'm just sorry about everything in general.
Ashleigh Brilliant
#51. Her words sounded accusatory, and after the way she'd grabbed the binder, I couldn't help going on the defensive. I'd apologize, but I'm not happy about it either.
Myra McEntire
#52. I will never apologize for being me, speaking the truth & giving all of me to the world. I will never apologize for being real & how I feel.
Behdad Sami
#53. I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize.
Peter Hook
#54. I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
Bernie Siegel
#55. I will not apologize for my warriors crossing the border that seperates our Clans. But if you can find a way to keep us alive without stealing prey, I will listen. For the sake of old times.
Victoria Holmes
#56. I stand up, sure of one thing and one thing only. That my father will come and get me. He won't give me a lecture, he won't try to teach me a lesson. He won't ask a thousand questions or ask me to apologize. He'll just come and get me.
Just tell me where you are.
Melina Marchetta
#57. Oh, I apologize, Padre. I said 'you will see.' I forgot that you can't, in fact, see. So I apologize, but only for the slip of the tongue. Because you and I both know your infliction is something for which the Landlord alone is responsible.
Richard Finney
#58. So what should we say when children complete a task - say, math problems - quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let's do something you can really learn from!
Carol S. Dweck
#59. Wareska laughed sadly. "There is no reason to apologize. I want you as you want me . . . and I think you know that.
Ash Gray
#60. I've been very clear publicly I'm not a perfect human being, and I've made mistakes in my life, and I've had to apologize to God and to seek reconciliation.
Newt Gingrich
#61. I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus ... If I have to sacrifice everything ... I will.
Rachel Scott
#62. I'm not an addict and I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can't change the past. And I can apologize to my family and my friends and my colleagues and the people.
Rob Ford
#63. I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.
Eliot Spitzer
#65. That was not nice. Stop and think. I have done everything possible not to hurt you. I only want to talk to you. You've shot at me, scratched me, kissed me, and now you start biting. Apologize.
Kylie Scott
#66. I just want to apologize in advance that I don't have enough subpoenas for all of you.
Preet Bharara
#67. I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!
Lisa Edelstein
#68. I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.
Ian McEwan
#69. It was a hard thing to do, apologize, but I've done harder things.
Jessica Knoll
#70. I do apologize for writing by hand - and so badly. I shall soon be like Helen Thomas, notoriously illegible. In her last letter only two words stood out plain: 'Blood pressure.' Subsequent research demonstrated that what she had actually written was 'Beloved friends.
Sylvia Townsend Warner
#71. Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not a guinea pig."
"Me, too." I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.
Rick Riordan
#72. I don't apologize for my clothes. There are a lot of bad dressers in golf, and I don't think I'm one of them. There are a lot of bad dressers in every business.
Sergio Garcia
#73. I begin, then, with some remarks about 'the meaning of a word.' I think many persons now see all or part of what I shall say: but not all do, and there is a tendency to forget, or to get it slightly wrong. In so far as I am merely flogging the converted, I apologize to them.
J.L. Austin
#74. Everybody knows I'm impatient. I don't have to apologize for it. I'm too old for that.
Dennis Green
#75. I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.
Kristen Stewart
#76. I still have friends from primary school. And my two best girlfriends are from secondary school. I don't have to explain anything to them. I don't have to apologize for anything. They know. There's no judgment in any way.
Emma Watson
#77. I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there.
Woody Hayes
#78. I apologize to all my fans. I ask for your prayers for a successful surgery and healthy body. I will be back in shape to fight again and to give you more excitement. A big hug for all of you and be with God.
Wanderlei Silva
#79. Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, ' I apologize.' Except at a funeral.
Demetri Martin
#80. It's said that I went into a rant, but I think it went on for about five words. I was drunk. It just turned into a big thing. I apologized profusely-not once but three times. So what's the problem? It's four years ago. Do I need to apologize again?
Mel Gibson
#81. I'm a four-time national champion and a two-time Olympian, and no one can take that away from me. So whatever people have to say about me, that's their own problem because I'm freaking proud of what I've done, and I'm not going to apologize for any of it.
Jeremy Abbott
#82. Jace was looking at her incredulously. "Let me get this straight," he said. "You came here to apologize to me?" She was taken aback. "Of course I did." "Clary," he said. "You saved my life." "I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire.
Cassandra Clare
#83. Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have ... " or "Sorry, but I just didn't ... " They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.
E. Lockhart
#84. I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
Norman Schwarzkopf
#85. I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.
James P. Hoffa
#86. It's just mind-blowingly awesome. I apologize, and I wish I was more articulate, but it's hard to be articulate when your mind's blown-but in a very good way.
Elon Musk
#87. I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.
Nicole Richie
#88. Have I told you today how incredibly beautiful you are? If I haven't, I deeply apologize. That's something that should be recognized on a daily basis.
Jamie McGuire
#89. I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.
Stieg Larsson
#90. I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty.
Olivia Wilde
#91. MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended
including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.
Janet Jackson
#92. I want to use my connections with coaches, players, celebrities, whomever, and if I can take that friendship and use it to help someone else, I'm going to take advantage of that. I'm not going to apologize for that.
Tim Tebow
#93. By the way, for those who are listening, I absolutely define - I have a face for radio. Unfortunately, I've got a voice for print. So I apologize for the sandpaper you're listening to.
Frank Luntz
#94. To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.
Eliot Spitzer
#95. On January 15, I was traveling with four library books, including a copy of Just Culture, a book about safety issues. I later called my local library to apologize for leaving the books on the plane, and they agreed not to charge me for replacing them.
Chesley B. Sullenberger, III
#96. I have a no-apology policy. No apologies for jokes. I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ridiculous things, I make mistakes constantly. But when I'm on stage, I'm at a microphone ... it's a joke!
Kathy Griffin
#97. Should I apologize for my species for trotting out the same compliment again and again? Isn't it better than having none at all?"
"When you hear the same one again and again, it's difficult not to come to the conclusion that it's the only thing of note about one's person.
Julie Anne Long
#99. Last night I made an insensitive comment which I sincerely regret. It was my mistake and I want to apologize to those who were offended.
Tyler Seguin
#100. The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.
Cathy Guisewite
