And, from France, a gracious statement came from Manu Dibango, the seventy-five-year-old African pop pioneer.
Shortly after Mr. Obama's speech last week, his opponent from the 2008 campaign, Senator John McCain of Arizona, issued a gracious statement thanking the president for his call for civility.
In that context, it's an extremely gracious statement, and makes the Plaid Cymru remarks seem all the more poorly judged.
And he praised a "remarkably gracious" statement by Mr. Edwards, calling him a "valiant champion of the values for which our party stands".
Maybe it would have been better if she'd released a short, gracious statement submitting her name to the Governor and listing a belief or two, and then retreated into humble silence.
One GMA staffer tweeted: And another, hilariously, referenced another ABC employee, who only won her first Emmy after 19 nominations: For its part, NBC released a very gracious statement Monday afternoon.
The quaint 83-year-old cottage beside the railroad tracks makes a gracious statement with lush velvet draperies, brocade chair cushions, white tablecloths, long elegant tapers and dark wood wainscotting.
The old footballer and actor has been extremely gracious in his statements of mourning for his old coach.
I don't know how many of you here had a chance to hear it, but we heard it upstairs, a remarkably gracious, powerful, generous statement by John Edwards tonight.
In true movie-star fashion, McConaughey bypassed the media Thursday morning, opting instead for a gracious but unrevealing statement complimenting his fellow actors.
