Quotes about regret
regret apology no-regrets
No apologies, no regrets. Gale Harold
regret illegal-activities people
One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities. Fred F. Fielding
regret mirrors looks
He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror. Eric Cantona
regret book want
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. Francoise Sagan
regret years long
He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.
regret school kids
I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids. Christian Slater
regret moments i-regret
Some days I regret wording things the way I did in the heat of the moment. Chrissy Teigen
regret never-regret i-regret
I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something. Chrissy Teigen
regret loss marine
MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them. Chris Kyle
regret humor presidential
I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways. George W. Bush
regret lost-love sadness
I've lost loved ones in my life who never knew how much I loved them. Now I live with the regret that my true feelings for them never were revealed. Garth Brooks
regret no-regrets painful
There's no regret more painful than the regret of things that never were. Fernando Pessoa
regret imagination
Only in your imagination can you revise. Fay Wray
regret past waste
Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present. Federico Fellini
regret flower suffering
I'm afraid to be on this shore a trunk without limbs, and what I most regret is not to have flower, pulp, or clay for the worm of my suffering. Federico Garcia Lorca
regret done
I would rather regret what I have done than what I have not. Fannie Hurst
regret drunk aces
You know how sometimes when you're drunk you say something you sort of regret... to Ace Frehley? Eugene Mirman
regret paint starting
I regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret. Francis Bacon
regret thinking important
I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret. Francesca Annis
regret special fabric
I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is. Francesca Annis
regret mean trying
I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full. Francesca Annis
regret jumping sticks
If we are going t stick to this damned quantum-jumping, then I regret that I ever had anything to do with quantum theory. Erwin Schrodinger
regret grateful home
Thank you for bringing me to ThunderClan. Tell Bluestar I have always been grateful for the home she gave me. This is a good place to die. I only regret that I will miss watching you become what StarClan has destined you to be. Erin Hunter
regret blessing weekend
Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing. Florence Welch
regret effort world
My world of human beings had perished. I was utterly alone in the world and for friends I had the streets, and the streets spoke to me in that sad, bitter language compounded of human misery, yearning, regret, failure, wasted effort Henry Miller
regret greatness humanity
I do not regret my youth and its beliefs. Up to now, I have wasted my time to live. Youth is the true force, but it is too rarely lucid. Sometimes it has a triumphant liking for what is now, and the pugnacious broadside of paradox may please it. But there is a degree in innovation which they who have not lived very much cannot attain. And yet who knows if the stern greatness of present events will not have educated and aged the generation which to-day forms humanity's effective frontier? Whatever our hope may be, if we did not place it in youth, where should we place it? Henri Barbusse
regret thinking giving
I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that - on the contrary! Henning Mankell
regret acceptance accepting
Accept life, and you must accept regret. Henri Frederic Amiel
regret men perfection
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. Henri Frederic Amiel
regret night hands
You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project. That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there? Cate Blanchett
regret lying years
Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They can't lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you—with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place." He sighed. "They're not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help. Cassandra Clare
regret emotion agree
Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree? Cassandra Clare
regret giving-up valentine
Yes," Jace said, "I regret having disobeyed you." No! Clary thought, but her heart sank. Was he giving up, did he think it was the only way to save her and Simon? Valentine's face softened. "Jonathan-" "Especially," Jace said, "since I plan to do it again. Right now. Cassandra Clare