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Sorry Quotes

Most Famous Sorry Quotes of All Time!

These lines balance personal resolve, like refusing to feel sorry for oneself or not wanting others' pity, with genuine sympathy directed outward toward performers facing fleeting fame. Another reflects on feeling sorry for anyone who can't find real excitement in their work. See more in Apology quotes.

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Quotes by Aesop

As a stuntwoman, I never wanted anyone to ever feel afraid for me. I didn't want anyone to ever feel sorry for me.

Quotes by Zoe Bell

Apology Quotes

I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.

Quotes by Zakk Wylde

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.

Quotes by Wislawa Szymborska

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

Quotes by William Henry Hudson

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

Quotes by Wayne Newton

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

Feel Quotes

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Quotes by Walter Chrysler

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me.

Quotes by Vincent Gallo

Atheism is really nothing but a sorry litany of non-sequiturs, e.g., if God existed, why do we have all the evil and horrors in the world? But this presupposes that God is all-good, an obvious non-sequitur.

Quotes by Vincent Bugliosi

It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.

Quotes by Vidal Sassoon

Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling.

Quotes by Vash Young

I Am Quotes

I'm sorry I didn't wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I'm getting highly paid.

Quotes by Tyne Daly

I never gave up, but a lot of the homies did, and I don't feel sorry for them.

Quotes by Ty Dolla Sign

It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.

Quotes by Trevor Dunn

No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.

Quotes by Tony Gilroy

I've been very blessed. I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me.

Quotes by Tony Gonzalez

Like Quotes

I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour...

Quotes by Tommy Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this "sorry" quotes collection about?
These quotes explore "feeling sorry" in different directions - refusing self-pity, rejecting pity from others, and expressing sympathy for people in difficult situations. It's less about formal apology and more about how sympathy and self-respect intersect.
Why do people search for sorry quotes?
People often look for these lines when they want to express empathy for someone else's situation, or to affirm that they won't dwell in self-pity. They're also useful when searching for Apology-adjacent language that leans more emotional than formal.
What's a specific perspective covered here?
One quote comes from a stuntwoman who never wanted people to feel sorry for her, which highlights a theme of strength and independence running through several of these quotes.
Do these quotes touch on modern life?
Yes, one reflects on feeling sorry for young performers navigating a fast-moving, disposable industry, showing how the sentiment applies to sympathy for others' circumstances, not just personal apology.
How can these sorry quotes be used?
They work well as captions, or as short Messages and Status updates when expressing sympathy or resolve. If you prefer a more poetic tone, the Shayari collection offers that style.

From personal toughness to compassion for others' struggles, this collection captures the many shades of feeling sorry. Continue with Status and Messages for more ways to express it.