Regret Quotes - Page 72

I regret my lack of options. I regret being painted into a corner and having that be the only instrument to get me from point A to point B.

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.

You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them.

He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind.

Regrets don't help anything.

Was I the best husband? No. And I regret it.

In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the record. We used to do it all by ourselves. I just don't really want to do it anymore. I want somebody to do it for me. I want to concentrate on other things. That's been a big change, a learning curve. But no regrets, it's all part of life's rich tapestry.

I signed contracts when I didn't know what that meant. I thought I'd get residuals off of the shows I've been on: History Channel, Discovery, Dateline, Johnny Carson, etc. It's the only regret I have in life. If I got residuals, I wouldn't be shucking oysters now, though I do love my job.

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

When you're going over periods of your life, you remember certain things, certain events, certain people that you've forgotten. You've forgotten certain lessons or people you were very close to, and then you haven't seen them in a while. I think if you can go through life with the correct regrets, then looking back on it, like I did, a certain portion of my life is pretty enjoyable. All my regrets are ones that I'd like to keep.

I've always been proud of my character and how I live my life. So my regrets are few, and the ones I do have, I'm glad I have.

You think I regret saving your life?

Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined by the objects of our regret.

I've been getting plenty off my chest. Sometimes I get too much off my chest and I regret it.

I don't know if you look back on your life and just see successes, but probably the first things that pop up are the regrets.

A month's salary, deep regret, the telephone number of some foul rehab clinic and my lance was free.

I never tried to write for other people. I liked people who had problems I might have, because we all have insecurities, regrets. I like heroes who were not 100-percent perfect, who things to take care of.

My biggest regret is that I don't really have time to read.

Life was a sorrowful throb of this Matter teaching it anguish, Teaching it hope and desire trod out too soon in the mire, Life the frail joy that regrets its briefness, life the long sorrow.

You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.

That night as I lay in bed, I thought of several things I could have said and mourned the fact that my wit usually bloomed late, peaking when it no longer mattered, during the solitary hours close to midnight.

When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.

We can't negate television. Unfortunately, I do feel in many ways that it did kill my movie career. It did do that. But would I not do it again? Do I have any regrets about doing it? No.

There ain't nothing like regret to remind you're alive.

May you get exactly what you want and live long enough to regret it.