When we apologize we end our struggle with history.

You don't have to see eye-to-eye to walk hand-in-hand. You just have to want to go in the same direction.

Progress occurs one apology at a time.

Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.

An effective apology contains within it the answer to the question, "How am I to be held accountable?"

An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.

Apologies have more power than most of us realize to restore strained relationships, free us from vengeful impulses, and create possibilities for growth.

Apology is both transactional, in that it restores what has been broken to what it was before, and transformational, in that it creates opportunities that didn't exist before.

When I accept an apology it means that the part in me that honors our relationship honors the part in you that honors our relationship.

You can't talk your way out of a situation you acted you way into.

Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together.

Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good

I don't feel much pressure to fit in. I never have. I've always just wanted to do my thing. I have really good friends and good family, and if I don't fit in somewhere else, I fit in at home.

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

A crisis + time = humor.

And remember, every pound you give leaves you a pound poorer.

We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year.

I dont have a dishwasher, and I hate washing dishes.

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Ghost of Bobby: no, no you can't eat me. I'm a ghost. Stephen Colbert: That just means that there's less bones to pick out.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.