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.
It's no good talking to a man with an apology for a brain.
I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity; I call it sin. I would much rather, if possible - and in my estimation it would not be possible - to make it worse than less than it actually is. I have no one but myself to blame. I do not lay the fault or the blame of the charge at anyone else's feet. For no one is to blame but I take the responsibility. I take the blame. I take the fault.
I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
We don't apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don't get it, then don't watch us.
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Forgiveness is a sign that the person who has wronged you means more to you than the wrong they have delt.
It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.
In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.
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.
The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.
I make no apologies for loving the finer things in life or the men I choose to date. I don't feel bad about the person I am. Now, I do have an edge, rawness and realness, and I can tell you I'm going to keep that.
Friends are God's apology for relations.
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U. S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people.
The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened.
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.
Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are.
Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine of nature, and was not intoxicating. No counter proof can equal the force of that drawn from His attributes. It is an indecency and a calumny to impute to Christ conduct which requires apology.
I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.