I will never apologize for the United States of America. I don't care what the facts are. —George H. W. Bush More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. —Judith Martin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To the loved ones of the victims of 9/11, to them who are here in the room, to those who are watching on television: Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard, but that doesn't matter, because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness. —Richard A. Clarke More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation. —George W. Bush More about this quote Tags: power responsibility speech explanation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. —André Gide More about this quote Tags: lies deception hypocrisy sincerity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
[It is] not fair to say that I have misinformed Congress or other cabinet officers. I haven't testified to that. I've testified that I withheld information from Congress. And with regard to the cabinet officers, I didn't withhold anything from them that they didn't want withheld from them. —Rear Admiral John Poindexter, in his testimony on the Iran-contra affair More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every one of us has a bad conscience, which he tries to escape by going to sleep as quickly as possible. —Franz Kafka More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. —Harriet Beecher Stowe More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The Schofield Kid (a young gunfighter feeling guilt after his first killing): It don't seem real. . . . Now he's dead and the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger. Will Munny: It's a helluva thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. Kid: Well, I guess they had it coming. Munny: We all have it coming, kid. —David Webb Peoples, in his screenplay for the film Unforgiven More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive. —Mignon McLaughlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice — that is, until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say, "I lost it." —Sydney J. Harris More about this quote Tags: childhood responsibility adulthood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. —Kimberly Johnson More about this quote Tags: regret apology excuses Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's true that I've driven through a number of red lights. But on the other hand, I've stopped at a lot of green ones I've never gotten credit for. —Glenn Gould More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public-relations officers. —Daniel Boorstin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If I had kept all these things neatly sorted and filed and labelled, it would save me a lot of trouble. However, it is a pleasure sometimes, when looking vaguely through a pile of old note-books to find something scribbled down, as: Possible plot—do it yourself—girl and not really sister—August— with a kind of sketch of a plot. What it's all about I can't remember now; but it often stimulates me, if not to write that identical plot, at least to write something else. —Agatha Christie in An Autobiography More about this quote Tags: writing organization piles plot Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email