George H W Bush - Christopher Hitchens - John Arbuthnot Fisher - Penn & Teller TV - Charles I - P G Wodehouse - Monty Python’s Flying Circus TV - Anthony Weiner - Benjamin Franklin - Rumpole of the Bailey TV - John Wayne - Rab C Nesbitt TV -
I will never apologize for the United States of America. Ever. I don’t care what the facts are. George H W Bush
There’s no expiation for the generations of misery and suffering that religion has inflicted in this way and continues to inflict and I still haven’t heard enough apology for it. Christopher Hitchens
Never contradict
Never explain
Never apologise. John Arbuthnot Fisher, letter to The Times 5th September 1919
Why did the Pope’s apology smell like bullshit? Because he himself organised the cover-up. Penn & Teller, Bullshit! s7e10: Vatican, Showtime 2009
Never make a defence or apology before you be accused. Charles I
It is a good rule in life never to apologise. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. P G Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs 1914
I am sure the head waiter will want to apologise to you personally. Monty Python’s Flying Circus s1e3, BBC 1969
I want to apologise humbly, deeply and sincerely about the fork … To me it’s like a mountain, a vast bowl of puss … ibid.
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 neighbours and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma. Anthony Weiner
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. Benjamin Franklin
What’s the use of spending the whole of your life in an attitude of perpetual apology? Rumpole of the Bailey s1e5: Rumpole and the Learned Friends, Rumpole to Guthrie, ITV 1978
Never apologise, mister. It’s a sign of weakness. John Wayne
My client has even written you a full and frank apology for the crimes he has committed against society. Rab C Nesbitt s2e4: That’s Entertainment, brief to judge, BBC 1992