quotes about regretting
You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. ~James M. Barrie, Peter Pan
I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal. ~John Waters, quoted in The Portable Curmudgeon Redux, compiled & edited by Jon Winokur, 1992
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. ~Andre Gide
A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner. ~Author Unknown
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. ~George MacDonald
A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be. ~Nicholas de Chamfort
Wasn't marriage, like life, unstimulating and unprofitable and somewhat empty when too well ordered and protected and guarded. Wasn't it finer, more splendid, more nourishing, when it was, like life itself, a mixture of the sordid and the magnificent; of mud and stars; of earth and flowers; of love and hate and laughter and tears and ugliness and beauty and hurt. ~Edna Ferber, Show Boat, 1926
The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ~J.K. Rowling, "The Parting of the Ways," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Albus Dumbledore
If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself. ~Russian Proverb
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ~Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. ~Pliny the Younger
If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Women seem to be all right on bargains till it comes to picking out a husband. ~Kin Hubbard
I named my kitten Rose - fur soft as a petal, claws sharper than thorns. ~Astrid Alauda
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose. ~Gerald Ford
I am told to just be myself, but as much as I have practiced the impression, I am still no good at it. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children. ~Paul R. Ehrlich
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis
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