Is 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 McCarthyI regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.
David BlunkettI didn't know Catalunya would be my last rally but I don't have any regrets because the party on the Sunday night was beautiful.
Carlos SainzHe who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.
QuevedoThere is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright]
Jude LawI have often regretted my speech, never my silence. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusThere have been loads of times I have regretted meeting Paul because I was so happy in my old life.
Heather MillsHe treated me like a son and I let him down. I must take some responsibility for him getting the sack. I regret letting him down so much.
Kieron DyerI made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
Queen LatifahI 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 QuayleThe only DIY haircut I would ever recommend is a crop woth the clippers: mess around with scissors and you'll regret it!
Charles WorthingtonTo regret the past is to forfeit the future.
Chinese ProverbDemocratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.
TocquevilleYes there are times when you regret your decisions but we all have to make them without the power of hindsight.
Roland GiftRegrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.
Armand HammerThey 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 GoddardOne of my regrets would be that I will never again have the pleasure of sneaking into a cafe, any cafe I like, sitting down and diving into my world and no one knowing what I am doing and no one bothering about me and being totally anonymous, that was fantastic
J K RowlingI 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 Finney'I want to wait to have sex until I'm married.' - the quote Britney apparently regrets most
Britney SpearsI 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 AlexanderSpeak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Laurence PeterThe only possible regret I have is the feeling that I will die without having played enough tennis.
Jean BorotraI would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not
Lucille BallFrance, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)
Joachim Du BellayI 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 FlightI have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
Zachary TaylorNature 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 HitlerMy biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish.
Henry DarrowYou cannot just waste time. Otherwise you'll die to regret it.
Harriet DoerrMake 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 MansfieldBecause 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 ButlerWhen men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
Edgar Watson HoweThe 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 MenckenA man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John BarrymoreThe only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets, are our conquests over ourselves.
Napoleon BonaparteA man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.
Charles GoodyearI regret what I did but it was in my personal time and I therefore hope that it does not reflect on the show
Richard BaconMy only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me!
John BarrymoreOur 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 BeckhamIt 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 GravesenThere's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it [on Apprentice Series 2]
Alan SugarAs you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
Zachary ScottI 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 GettyMaybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
Arthur MillerI 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 only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan HaleLater 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 TwainI'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 HowellIt is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee I have been stupid and regret making a silly mistake experimenting with drugs.
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