A Quote by Marianne Faithfull

Never apologize, never explain - didn't we always say that? Well, I haven't and I don't.

Marianne Faithfull

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Marianne Faithfull
British - Musician
Born: December 29, 1946

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain.

Dave Hickey

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Nellie L. McClung

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

John Arbuthnot

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

Christopher Hitchens

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.

Agnes Macphail

Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.

Janet Fitch

Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact and no explanation is necessary or pertinent. To explain is to apologize, and why should we apologize for living? To live—is that not enough? Let us then live, let us affirm! Herein lies Zen in all its purity and in all its nudity as well.

D.T. Suzuki

Never apologize. Never explain.

Janet Fitch

Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.

Stephen Colbert

Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race.

Bella Abzug

Bad language or abuse, I never, never use, Whatever the emergency; Though 'Bother it' I may Occasionally say, I never use a big, big D : What, never? : No, never! : What never? : Well, hardly ever! : Hardly ever swears a big, big D Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the well-bred Captain of the Pinafore!

Walter Raleigh

There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

Ryan Adams

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

I will never apologize for being me, speaking the truth & giving all of me to the world. I will never apologize for being real & how I feel.

Behdad Sami

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.