Quotes About Missed

The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low. Then one gave it up; then the idea sunk back again; then one became like most middle-aged people, cautious, furtive, with wrinkles between the eyes and a look of perpetual apprehension.

Oh really I was just thinking about how great a gold filigree necklace and teardrop earrings would look on me, and at seventy five ninety nine plus shipping, its a freaking, steal. But damn, I missed the deal because, oh that's right.. I'M FUCKING FROZEN ..

Benwell's too late for politics, and we are too late for politics, Ede says. Too late for the Occupation. Too late to march on the streets …

The djinn Kepse was invisible at first but later it appeared as a fever, followed by sweating and shivering. Finally it pounced on your chest and sat there, a black ball with neither hands nor feet, and with eyes like lentils. If, just at that moment, you were quick enough to reach out and grab Kepse, it immediately became your faithful servant. But if you missed, and it escaped, you never got another chance.

My first big job was an Abercrombie &ampFitch campaign. But my mom wouldn't let me skip school for it, so I missed half of the shoot. When we got there, we realized Bruce Weber was the photographer we knew we had made a mistake!

I didn't know there could be an almost kiss. It seems like the sort of thing that either happens or it doesn't. Oh no... There's an entire universe of near misses out there, kisses that almost were, but weren't.

All of that will be gone by morning. Instead, they will dissect this last evening for years to come. What had they missed that they should have seen? What small gesture, forgotten, might have changed everything? They will pick it down to the bones, wondering how this had all gone so wrong, and they will never be sure.

The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of missed chances.

What had they missed that they should have seen? What small gesture, forgotten, might have changed everything? They will pick it down to the bones, wondering how this had all gone so wrong, and they will never be sure.

Death comes so fast that sometimes it misses us. (La mort arrive si vite Que des fois elle nous rate)

There are many things which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited

There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say," returned

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.

He says that we missed our chance to explain communism with all its horrors and labor camps and now a whole generation just takes it as a "lifestyle".

Après tout, certains disent que les plus belles histoires d'amour sont celles qu'on a pas eu le temps de vivre. Peut-être que les baisers qu'on ne reçoit pas sont aussi les plus intenses.

Car, dans nombre d'existences, rien n'est plus fort que le passé, l'innocence perdue et les amours enfouies. Rien ne nous remue plus les tripes que le souvenir des occasions manquées et le parfum du bonheur qu'on a laissé filer.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

For all the Fathers and Daddy's that are not with us Happy Father's Day. You are missed and loved.

For all the Fathers and Daddy's that are not with us.'' Happy Father's Day. You are missed and loved.

No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something.

crowd again. "I think we blew an opportunity. But maybe

But i missed nothing- because everything that truly mattered to me was either already gone or right here next to me in the museum holding my hand

Big Sale. Last Week.' Last week? Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.