There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.

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I am sorry to think dat u do not get a man’s most effective criticism until u provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

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An apology is a good way to have the last word.

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

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Play fair. Don’t hit people. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.

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Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.

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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.

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Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn’t with me as against me.

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I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

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Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I’m sorry I do not have a car.

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Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.