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Quotes About Regret

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.
~ Tom DeMarco
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.
~ Xavier Becerra
There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.
~ John Frankenheimer
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
~ Neil Armstrong
I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.
~ Morgan Freeman
The old dreams were good dreams; they didn't work out but I'm glad I had them.
~ Robert James Waller
Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.
~ Ethel Waters
It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
~ Ian Hart
We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
~ Baltasar Gracian
No one ever dies wishing they'd spent more time at the office.
~ Malcolm Forbes
To have gone through so much work to heal myself and have my mother not acknowledge in any way that she was sorry for what had happened to me, broke my heart.
~ Anne Heche
I regret that I've been so busy with clinical work that I haven't been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies.
~ Albert Ellis
Drank a lot of take home pay.
~ Billy Joel
Most saints live to regret their career choice.
~ Bob Stokes
I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful.
~ Jamie Lee Curtis
Going on 'Howard Stern' was embarrassing.
~ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
~ Mark McGwire
I had good years when I took steroids, and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it, and for that, I'm truly sorry.
~ Mark McGwire
There has been the biggest black cloud following me around. People believe it's all my fault that Steve is not here. He has always had an open door, and he doesn't choose to do this any more.
~ Neal Schon
Although it's depressing to admit this, more than a handful of post-'Donnie Brasco' Al Pacino roles would have been better served by Steve Buscemi.
~ Owen King
Every time I took another job, my dad would ask, 'Why are you putting yourself through it again, haven't you got enough money?' I wish I'd spent more time with them, I think anyone who loses their parents will understand that, but I also know what he would have said. 'You crack on Steve, get on with it, son.'
~ Steve Bruce
It was reported that I said I wouldn't, shouldn't have gone to New York. No. I said I shouldn't have left Steve Nash. It's a little bit different on the meaning.
~ Mike D'Antoni
People sometimes ask me what my biggest regret is in football and it's not being able to have that 'Steven Gerrard' moment where he's playing for the team that he loves in terms of where he's from.
~ Jermaine Jenas