A Quote by Janet Fitch

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

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
American - Author
Born: November 9, 1955

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

My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

My Big Mama is my No. 1 financial role model. Much of my advice stems from what she taught me. She never made more than $13,000 a year, yet she paid off her home before she retired. She saved money from every paycheck. She taught me to be skeptical. It makes me cry to think that I'm a nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for one of the world's best newspapers and my core advice comes from my black grandmother who was a nurse's aide with just a high school education.

Michelle Singletary

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

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

Marianne Faithfull

My mother told me never explain, never complain. Even as a young actress, I determined I would never give personal interviews, since they made me so uncomfortable.

Jennifer Jones

Em didn't truly understand about my panic attacks - no one did. But she'd never pushed me to explain, never tried to ditch me when things got weird, and never once looked at me like I was a freak.

Rachel Vincent

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

I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.

Rihanna

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

Since birth, my mother made the decision at age 16 to pretend she never had me. She has never spoken to me. Even if present in the same room with other people and family, she pretends that I simply don't exist. She pretends I'm invisible.

Kenya Moore

The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time when she fell ill. That happened during my Freshman year, and unfortunately she never saw me compete in the Olympics. But she really wanted me to finish college, because she never finished Junior High.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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