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Sorry Quotes

I screwed up. The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am deeply sorry…I have listened, I have learned about the bravery it takes for a young boy to pursue a career in dance.

– Lara Spencer

Apologizing on Good Morning America for mocking Prince Harry on taking ballet lessons.

Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.

– J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye. Chapter 12. Holden is in a piano bar and the table beside him is occupied by an awkward, unnattractive couple, prompting him to pity unattractive girls. This quote suggests Holden has the ability to empathize with others’ suffering.

I’m sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that’s my general style.

– Ian Jackson

In L.A., I don’t really want to go out because traffic sucks so bad. I’m sorry, I’m not going to spend five hours a day in my car, so you have to choose where you live very carefully.

– Holly Madison

Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it’s just 18-year-old kids.

– Gideon Raff

I feel sorry for the man who marries you… because everyone thinks you’re sweet and you’re not.

– Harold Brodkey

I like to read books and be alone; I’m not social butterfly person. I’m sorry.

– Hope Solo

I’m not sorry for who I am.

– Hayley Williams

I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons.

– Harry Connick, Jr.

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

– H. G. Wells

I don’t feel sorry for myself, because I’m living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on ‘Opportunity Knocks.’

– John Barrowman

Oprah Winfrey gives you the stage? Shut your mouth. I said, ‘I’m sorry for taking over your show.’ She said, ‘No, that’s why we have you here.’

– Iyanla Vanzant

It’s very hard for me to say I’m sorry… but I do.

– Joe Nichols

I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, ‘I feel so sorry for you, because you’ll never have children.’ These days I would say, ‘Well, why not, Tom?’

– Ian Mckellen

When we’re in trouble, it’s usually a line from a song that saves us. I wish it was sermons, but, I’m sorry, it’s not. When you’re in crisis, what comes to mind is ‘O love that would not let me go.’ You know?

– Gloria Gaither

You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you’ll find – you’re never sorry you were kind.

– Herbert V. Prochnow

It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don’t sing the ‘S’.

– Jose Carreras

I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can’t change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can’t change what happened.

– Joan Rivers

I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, ‘Hey, sorry about the autism, but here’s a step-by-step list on what to do next.’ But doctors don’t do that. They say ‘sorry’ and move you along.

– Jenny McCarthy

I’m honestly perplexed about the distinction represented by the cervical wall. On one side, people should be prosecuted if they do anything to harm the fetus, but once on the outside, sorry kid, whatever happens happens. You’re on your own.

– Jennifer Granholm

I was heartily sorry to leave Leh, with its dazzling skies and abounding colour and movement, its stirring topics of talk, and the culture and exceeding kindness of the Moravian missionaries. Helpfulness was the rule.

– Isabella Bird

I’m sorry that ‘Fringe’ is gone. I really wanted to do more on that show. It was great!

– Jill Scott

I’ve never seen ‘Evil Dead 2.’ Sorry about that. I’m sorry to the world.

– Jane Levy

But, you know, I’m sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don’t want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

– John Cusack

I’m certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you’re missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn’t miss anything.

– Ivan Lendl

Sorry, I’m not much of a cook.

– Isaiah Mustafa

I don’t feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.

– Jason Bateman

I’m sorry, but I can’t imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think of yourself as that without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over!

– Jane Pauley

If Rob Ford decided he wanted to run for the Liberal Party in 2015, we’d say, ‘No, sorry, the way you approach things, the way you govern, the way you behave is not suitable to the kind of Liberal team we want to build.’

– Justin Trudeau

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I’m sorry if that sounds incredible.

– Judith Martin

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