Regret Quotes - Page 26

• Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

  Vladimir Putin

  Heart, Brain, Unions

  "Spy who came in from the cold" by Tom Parfitt, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2007.

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• I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.

  Dennis Quaid

  Golf, Tin, Roles

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• To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

  Ronald Reagan

  Political, Goes On, Politics

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• I have no regrets, because I've done everything I could to the best of my ability.

  Robert Redford

  Done, Ability, No Regrets

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• The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Dream, Age, Five Senses

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

  Christina Rossetti

  Happiness, Smile, Sad

  "Remember" l. 13 (1862)

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• O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Birthday, Age, Hours

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• In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

  Karl Rove

  Fate, Hands, Majority Leader

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• With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.

  J. K. Rowling

  Fun, Book, Taken

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• Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

  George Sand

  Struggle, Heart, Doors

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• It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.

  Barry Sanders

  Sports, Player, Organization

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• We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Missing, Enemy, Looks

  "Counsels and Maxims" by Arthur Schopenhauer, vol. 2, ch. 26, sect. 311a, 1851.

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• I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

  Charles Schumer

  War, Believe, Winning

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• No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

  William Shatner

  Phones, May, Next

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• When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

  Grace Slick

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• If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

  Patti Smith

  Sorry, Apology, Singers

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• Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.

  Edward Teller

  Real, Hydrogen Bomb, Bombs

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• I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Valentines Day, Wise, Wisdom

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.110, BookBaby

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• I don't believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows.

  John Travolta

  Believe, Tomorrow, Your Future

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• I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.

  Ike Turner

  Bridges, Water, Trying

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• I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.

  Ted Turner

  Successful, I Regret, It Is What It Is

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• I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

  Tina Turner

  Growing Up, Kids, Parenting

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• When I went into the last lap I was regretting a bit that it was over. I was enjoying again the first sector for the last time. Simply fantastic this circuit, and if you get 53 laps more, you appreciate it even more. It's made by God's hands.

  Sebastian Vettel

  Hands, Appreciate, Lap

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• I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Guilt, Energy, Too Much

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• I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets.

  Dionne Warwick

  Thinking, Gorillas, I Can

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