Quotes about regret
regret body spirit
He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul. Louise Erdrich
regret government evil
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the doctrine, that public debts are public benefits. I consider them, on the contrary, as evils which ought to be removed as fast as honor and justice will permit. James Madison
regret eye men
I found earthquakes, even when I was in them, deeply satisfying, abruptly revealed evidence of the scheme in action. That the schemes could destroy the works of man might be a personal regret but remained, in the larger picture I had come to recognize, a matter of abiding indifference. No eye was on the sparrow. No eye was watching me. Joan Didion
regret silly thinking
I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret. Eric Stoltz
regret thinking echoes
I can never think of the time I spend idling in railway stations as lost; it's a waiting liberated from the three temporal vices of regret, anticipation or boredom, the weak echo of that bliss spent between lifetimes. Eric Morecambe
regret opportunity awards
I've learned that you have to stay true to yourself from all the amazing people I've had the opportunity to work with thus far. You have to stay true to yourself and don't be afraid even though people may say what you're doing isn't cool or isn't right. I promise you, you will not regret it if you stay true to who you are and what you love to do because there is no other reason that I am up here today receiving this award. Emma Stone
regret father self
The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of authority and wealth; it stands for self-denial and self-abnegation, for penance and regret, and is absolutely inert in the face of every [in]dignity, every outrage imposed upon mankind. Emma Goldman
regret writing mean
I suppose . . . in writing you can't have regrets. I mean, you just get it down the way it was . . . it's only wishful thinking that things could be other than they were. John McGahern
regret awkward procedures
They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other. John Irving
regret going-away done
You are full of wonderful possibilities. Do something with them. The most painful regrets, those which never go away, are regrets of things not done, things never attempted.
regret sides goodness
Do what is right, and you'll have no lasting regrets. Do what is right, and put yourself on the side of truth, goodness, and the best of life.
regret mistake weakness
Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.
regret lying sadness
I notice the silvery hair at his temples with a tinge of sadness. Why do parents grow old? Life is a castle of lies slowly dismantled by the passage of time. I regret not spending more time looking at the people I love. Shan Sa
regret gun roles
Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down Scott Baio
regret faults losing
I regret losing certain women, but it was always my fault
regret clever past
The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either. Mick Jagger
regret years sides
I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now. Michelle Monaghan
regret mistake fall
You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes. Michelle Kwan
regret children should-have
When I have a child, it will be probably become my whole life, so I don't want to have any regrets that I should have done more. Sienna Miller
regret america errors
This President has made, I regret to say, a colossal error of judgment. and judgment is what we look for in the president of the President of the United States of America. John F. Kerry
regret past imagine
Often regret is very false and displaced, and imagines the past to be totally other than it was. John O'Donohue
regret should-have actors
I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor. Joel McCrea
regret crazy weekend
When I initially met with Robert I was just so excited to meet the guy. I was able to go to Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas and just hanging out was fantastic. Working on this took up all of my weekends while I was shooting Community. It was crazy, but again, no regrets. Joel McHale
regret party political
I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done You can tune me out, you can click me off, it's OK. I am not going to bow to political correctness. But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Joan Rivers
regret done ive-learned
I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done.
regret race criticism
Jeb Bush is facing criticism after it was just revealed that he checked off his race as 'Hispanic' on a voter registration form back in 2009. When asked if he regrets it now, Bush said, 'Si.' Jimmy Fallon
regret mistake moving
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. Garry Kasparov
regret havens
My head has got regrets, but I haven't. Frank Bruno
regret war europe
I regret very much to hear so many people, many of my own countrymen, predicting war, stating that Europe is preparing and arming for such a conflict. Frank B. Kellogg
regret government years
The U.S. government is selling $30 billion worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called, 'Operation Regret This In Five Years.'
regret future past
You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future. Madeleine L'Engle
regret book dvds
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forced books on to people who have subsequently forgotten all about it. Meanwhile, on my shelves sit many orphaned books loaned to me over the years by trusting, innocent souls - some as long ago as the Seventies. Lynne Truss
regret character ideas
To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me. Lucy Punch