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Quotes About Missed

Life, despite their frantic yoohooings, had passed them by.
~ Bernard Malamud
I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy.
~ Bernhard Schlink
I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach for the heavens, and, doggone it, the heavens answer you.
~ Carol Channing
'Night They Missed the Horror Show' is my signature story. It changed my life, so it remains my favorite.
~ Joe R. Lansdale
The loosening begins with small moments of missed connection and a growing sense of deprivation.
~ Sue Johnson
There was no room in his life for Marta, and none in her life for him; but it was a pity, all the same.
~ Josephine Tey
That's something I missed, lying in bed listening to the rain with someone I loved. That's something I missed, having someone I loved.
~ Josh Lanyon
I shall have spent my life in railway stations Nearly departing For catastrophes, All for love And my heart haloed with the madness of love. Nothing is quite so beautiful as the trains I've missed …
~ Jules Laforgue
Children give us the golden opportunity not only to reinvent our forgotten childhood, but also to play all the exciting great games, even the ones we missed before!
~ Faizul Momen
She had needed kindness before, and had received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.
~ Frances Hardinge
We frequently miss opportunities because we aren't aware of them.
~ Francesc Miralles
I had definitely missed the literary development game with Paper Lantern Lit, and writing exclusively wasn't giving me complete fulfillment.
~ Adam Silvera
As for regret, more than anything else, my regret lies in that the WWE Universe never really got the real Austin Aries. Outside of commentary, they missed out on the chance to hear and see me be me, and do what I do best.
~ Austin Aries
I missed the NFL by an inch. IRS problems... No money coming in, and not that many options left because I signed that stupid no-compete clause with WWE. I had no one to blame but myself.
~ Brock Lesnar
I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
~ Webb Simpson
Well, more than me saying to the rest of the country music industry there is not enough traditional country music - that is not necessarily the statement in truth. I think more so that I, me, missed it more than anything else.
~ Vince Gill
No matter how much Bill Gates may claim otherwise, he missed the Internet, like a barreling freight train that he didn't hear or see coming.
~ James H. Clark
By God's grace, it was turning out to be a cracker of a film, so we named it 'Laxmmi Bomb.' Like a dhamaka of Laxmmi Bomb cannot be missed, the transgender lead character is powerful and radiant. Hence the name fits perfectly.
~ Raghava Lawrence
I got on the elevator without giving him the chance to kiss me. We stood across from each other, two sad people in a situation that couldn't be fixed. I waited for the door to slide shut between us.
~ Stephanie Lehmann
The difference in Billy wasn't what had happened to him, but what hadn't. He had a life he hadn't led, and he knew it. He just hoped nobody else noticed.
~ Michael Lewis
I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological.
~ Peter Coyote
I was 17 years old and missed many things about Barcelona, particularly the food. Fortunately, Sir Alex Ferguson realised my situation and helped me to grow. For me, the gaffer was like a second father.
~ Gerard Pique
The unfortunate bottom line is that breast cancer screening doesn't save a lot of lives. For every thousand women screened, four will die of breast cancer anyway (either because the cancer was missed or because it was too aggressive to be treated successfully). For every thousand women who are not screened, five will die of breast cancer. So screening saves one life in every thousand.
~ Bill Bryson
And that was part of the tragedy: I had just started to know her. I was mourning the relationship that could have blossomed but didn't have a chance to grow.
~ Sy Montgomery