I deeply regret the damage which recent publicity has brought to the Labour Party. However, I reject any suggestion of intentional wrongdoing on my part.
Wendy AlexanderI'm not regretful about dropping acid, but I could have stopped it a little sooner.
David CarradineMy biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish.
Henry DarrowThe bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
Ogden NashI have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
Zachary TaylorMaybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
Arthur MillerOur performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt by that more than people realise
David BeckhamI have been stupid and regret making a silly mistake experimenting with drugs.
Richard BaconRegrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.
Armand HammerI regret my choice of words which do not accurately reflect the process of the James committee, with which I have been closely involved and totally support.
Howard FlightWhen men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
Edgar Watson HoweI only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan HaleHe who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.
QuevedoI've got a voice on each shoulder - one saying go home and stop being ridiculous, the other saying I might regret that decision. Golf and my body don't particularly go together, which is a bit of a bummer. I should have been England football captain
David HowellAs you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
Zachary ScottBecause they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave a lot of money to the very people who will be the first to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say and finds a difficulty in getting a hearing.
Samuel ButlerI used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
John LennonI regret what I did but it was in my personal time and I therefore hope that it does not reflect on the show
Richard BaconNature is cruel; therefore we are also entitled to be cruel. When I send the flower of German youth into the steel hail of the war without feeling the slightest regret over the precious German blood that is being spilled, should I also not have the right to eliminate millions of an inferior race that multiply like vermin.
Adolf HitlerI was recently on a tour of Latin America,and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.
Dan QuayleMy only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me!
John BarrymoreI hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
J P GettySpeak when you're angry,
and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Lawrence J PeterFrance, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)
Joachim Du BellayLater in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this.
Shania TwainSpeak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Laurence PeterAsk me that again next month, when you're all in Dhaka and I'm in Rome, watching Chelsea playing Lazio! [Asked if he would regret retiring]
Alec StewartYes there are times when you regret your decisions but we all have to make them without the power of hindsight.
Roland GiftThe only DIY haircut I would ever recommend is a crop woth the clippers: mess around with scissors and you'll regret it!
Charles WorthingtonThe difference between a moral man and a man of honour is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
Henry L MenckenThere's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it [on Apprentice Series 2]
Alan SugarMake it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.
Katherine MansfieldI have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusThe only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets, are our conquests over ourselves.
Napoleon BonaparteOn Kevin Spacey (L.A. Confidential):
'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He's always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.'
Russell CroweThe only possible regret I have is the feeling that I will die without having played enough tennis.
Jean BorotraI will always remember my playing career with fond memories and though there may be the odd regret the main feeling is one of immense pride.
Tom FinneyI would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not
Lucille BallA man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John BarrymoreIt is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he has the opportunity.
Helen RowlandThey always say it is better to have loved and lost and all that, so no I don't think I have any regrets, and I have always been there for all of my kids no matter what.
Mark GoddardI made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
Queen LatifahIt was a counter-attack and I had to take him down. I don't regret it and I would do it again if I had to.
Thomas GravesenIs it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
Mary McCarthyTo regret the past is to forfeit the future.
Chinese ProverbI regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.
David BlunkettThere is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright]
Jude LawYou cannot just waste time. Otherwise you'll die to regret it.
Harriet DoerrA man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.
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