tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post3425545701379515687..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Hamas Backtracks on Apology for Israeli Rocket AttacksGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-69575497209622614262010-02-13T15:37:08.000+02:002010-02-13T15:37:08.000+02:00Hmm... I tried to look it up, and it says here:
h...Hmm... I tried to look it up, and it says here:<br /><br />http://ask.metafilter.com/73521/Who-Said<br /><br />The generally reliable though not infallible Bartlett's Familiar Quotations gives the source as the screenplay for the 1949 film <i>She Wore a Yellow Ribbon</i>, written by Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings. The line is spoken by John Wayne and the exact quote reads, "Never apologize and never explain--it's a sign of weakness." In a footnote, Bartletts' gives an earlier source, with a variant form: "Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)." --John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), letter to The Times of London, September 5, 1919.SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-58176761300450347692010-02-13T02:20:23.000+02:002010-02-13T02:20:23.000+02:00"Never Apologize, Never Explain" or some..."Never Apologize, Never Explain" or something like that was the tittle of Henry Ford Jr.'s autobiography. (If I recall correctly)David Allnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-81542789286539318562010-02-09T18:49:34.000+02:002010-02-09T18:49:34.000+02:00Yep, should have thought about it.Yep, should have thought about it.SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-33840051687936139052010-02-09T16:51:23.000+02:002010-02-09T16:51:23.000+02:00At least don't apologize in Arabic.At least don't apologize in Arabic.Dick Stanleynoreply@blogger.com