Apologizing Quote by David Brin Download Open image “Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?” — David Brin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Apologizing Carpe Carpe diem Communication Corpses Inspiring Late People
Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the body back… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
People are usually pretty hungry after a funeral. I guess it's because we all realize that time is running out and we better eat… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“Left to their own devices, human bodies rot, decompose, come apart, and sink gloriously back into the earth from whence they came. Using embalming… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
We're still benefiting from the sacrifices of people long dead, but we're also suffering from their errors. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
But from another, deeper perspective: we shouldn't involve outselves in lines of development where the ultimate victory condition is emulating dead people. There's no… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I'm not surprised people are being slaughtered, people are being martyred. Our hope isn't in this world as believers, it's in the eternity. To… — Russell Okung Copy Share Image
With a certain amount of time, people can't be crucified for what they've done wrong. It's what I always tell people. — Brooke Hogan Copy Share Image
“Most of the funeral stuff is going to be done during daylight hours,” I said. “I’m not even going to be able to attend… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of… — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex. — David Brin Copy Share Image
“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. — David Brin Copy Share Image
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share Image
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did… — David Brin Copy Share Image
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“A lady need never apologize. ~ Joseph de Bonaparte (Brother of Napoleon)” — Allison Pataki Copy Share Image
A jerk will keep hurting you then apologize to keep you from leaving them, and then do it all over again — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was the worst… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
President Bush deliberately did not apologize for things and that’s because advisers around him, including those there, felt that the press corps would jump… — David Gregory Copy Share Image
Apologizing does not always mean you are wrong, it just means that value your relationships more than your ego. — Chinier Bennett Copy Share Image
I would like to publicly apologize to anyone I have NOT offended¦I will get to you shortly. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost… — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
To the millions of Americans whove attempted to use HealthCare.gov to shop and enroll in health-care coverage, I want to apologize to you that… — Marilyn Tavenner Copy Share Image
My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
How many chefs when I was a young boy shouted at me during service? All I ever said was "Yes, chef." The customer is… — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
