Apologizing

• Don’t be upset, but . . .
• It was a slip of the tongue.
• I said it by mistake.
• I am sorry that . . .

(Dis)agreeing

• One hundred percent.
• Without question.
• Exactly right.
• Most certainly.
• Without doubt.
• In no way . . .
• That isn’t true at all.
• That is an exaggeration.
• I really can’t believe that.
• In principle that is true, but . . .
• Admittedly that is true, but . . .
• That’s one way to say it.