“Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.”

Source: Across the Great Barrier

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Patricia Briggs book River Marked

Source: River Marked

“Here we go again,’ he thought. ‘Drink and reminiscence. Another day of wasted time. They’re right when they say we drink too much out here. And we slobber too much over ourselves…. We’re all sorry for ourselves because we’re not big executives or artists or happily married men in a civilized temperate climate.”

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer

Fiction, Beds in the East (1959)

“Love means never having to say you're sorry.”

Erich Segal book Love Story

Source: Love Story (also used in the film)

“I'm sorry, Heather, but everything was not just fine before I got here. You know how I know that? Because you're dead. Okay? You are dead. Dead people don't have lockers, or best friends, or boyfriends. You know why? Because they're dead.-Suze Simon”

Meg Cabot book Shadowland

Source: Shadowland

“Now, now …
You don't mean that say you're sorry”

St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter

"Now, Now"
Marry Me (2007)
Context: Now, now...
You don't mean that say you're sorry
You don't mean that... I'll make you sorry

“(Sylvia) Being a monopoly means never having to say you're sorry.”

Nicole Hollander (1939) Cartoonist

Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.170

“Rule One, boy: shoot first then ask questions
Rulw Two, Double tap just for good measure. Better safe then sorry. -Bubba”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Infinity

“I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.”

Agatha Christie Murder at the Vicarage

Source: Murder at the Vicarage

“At times, you don't need to be sorry before you say sorry”

Dr. Manuel

“Sorry, No conprendo I don't speak Loser.”

Lisi Harrison book The Clique

Source: The Clique

“Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.”

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