Clifford Stoll Quotes

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

The civil service are risk averse.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

Avoid what will require an apology.

I am aware that I have caused you pain and anguish, but I think you will allow me to take my decision.

I think there is a sort of box-ticking mentality. Not just in the teaching profession. You hear about it in medicine and nursing. It's a lawyer-driven insistence on meeting prescribed standards rather than just being a good doctor.

We know that we've done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn't the goal, but it was one of the outcomes. We wish it weren't so, and regret that hurt.

Is it meaningless to apologize? Never.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.

I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo

Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, I'm sorry.

I apologize for apologizing." "Thank you.

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

When you grow up--and from the look of things, you have awhile--but you learn things never go back to normal simply because everyone's sorry. Sorry is ridiculous.

He sighed. " I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?" "No.

It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.

If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.

I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended.