Regret quotes

“People who will become old, betray their dreams, become ghosts.”
Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan

“- Dr. Henry Jekyll: Haven't you ever wished for a completely new life, Mary?
- Mary Reilly: No sir. What good would that do?
- Dr. Henry Jekyll: I mean, suppose you were able to do absolutely whatever you wanted, with no consequences and no regrets? Then what?
- Mary Reilly: I don't believe there's such a thing as actions without consequences.”
John Malkovich - Dr. Henry Jekyll
Julia Roberts - Mary Reilly

“I immediately regret this decision.”

Will Ferrell - Ron Burgundy

“Who does not aspire to take back what was taken from them? Who does not dream of returning home?”
Brian Cox - Minister Breteuil

“The only real sin is regret.”
Peter Facinelli - Karl Larson

“Why do you care all of a sudden? Because he's dead? Where were you when he was alive?”

Miranda Richardson - Gloria Carter

“I wish it was different. But a wish is only a wish.”

Gibran Evans - Daigoro

“You ain't gonna find God with me. When I'm dead and done, I don't want no damn excuses for what I did.”
Marlboro - Marlboro

“If your trying to redeem yourself by implying that I might have been unfaithful to you, you're barking up the wrong older woman. I could have, but regrettably didn't. I threw out that typewriter because it represents everything that could have been loving and lasting and wonderful, and everything that wasn't.”

Alyson Reed - Alex

“Lord in Heaven, sorry for all the bad shit I've done, all the people I've trampled on, I hope they forgive me, I won't do it again, that's for sure.”
Harry Dean Stanton - Toot-Toot

“- Pacha: Why did I risk my life for a selfish brat like you? I was always taught that there was some good in everyone, but, oh, you proved me wrong.
- Kuzco: Oh, boo-hoo. Now I feel really bad. Bad llama.
- Pacha: I could've let you die out there in that jungle, and then all my problems would be over.
- Kuzco: Well, that makes you ugly and...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Spade - Kuzco
John Goodman - Patcha

“- Archie Long: I'm tellin' ya, Harry...
- Harry Doyle: I know, I know. We could have got away with it.
- Archie Long: Did I say that before?
- Harry Doyle: Every day for thirty years.”
Kirk Douglas - Archie Long
Burt Lancaster - Harry Doyle

August 29, 1997, came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40. There was no Judgment Day. People went to work as they always do. Laughed, complained, watched TV, made love. I wanted to run to through the street yelling to grab them all and say, "Every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well". Instead, I got drunk.
Linda Hamilton - Sarah Connor

“Maybe somewhere in all of this there's a reason, there's a why. But nothing, not getting angry, not prayers, and not tears, nothing can make something that happened unhappen.”
Ryan Gosling - Leland P. Fitzgerald

“- Capt. John Colby - The Players: England: The whole bloody war's a regrettable mistake.
- Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans: I agree.”
Sir Michael Caine - Capt. John Colby - The Players: England
Max von Sydow - Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans

“- Tally Atwater: Why didn't we do this before?
- Warren Justice: Because it was always gonna be this hard to stop.”

Michelle Pfeiffer - Tally Atwater
Robert Redford - Warren Justice

“When a man looks back on his life, he should be proud of all of it. Not just the years he spent in pads and cleats. Not just memories of when he was great.”
Lawrence Taylor - Luther 'Shark' Lavay

“It's all right, mate. You've woken up with a fat bird. I'll get my coat.”

Kathy Burke - Marey

“I can never regret. I can feel sorrow, but it's not the same thing.”
Mia Farrow - Unicorn

“I'd rather spend one minute holding you than the rest of my life knowing that I never could.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Jimmy Livingston

“Sometimes you see the world so clearly and you know just what to do, and just when to do it. Just what you should've done, and when you should've done it.”
Val Kilmer - Danny Parker

“- Arthur: Merlin! What have I done?
- Merlin: You have broken what could not be broken! Now, hope is broken.
- Arthur: My pride broke it. My rage broke it! This excellent knight, who fought with fairness and grace, was meant to win. I used Excalibur to change that verdict. I've lost, for all time, the ancient sword of my fathers, whose power was...” (continue)(continue reading)

Nigel Terry - King Arthur
Nicol Williamson - Merlin

“- Larry Burrows: Have you ever had any regrets, Clip? You know, about how your life is turned out, about the choices you made.
- Clip Metzler: Oh... no. I figured I didn't make out many choices. You know what my policy is? You do nothing, you see what happens. And you know what, things always are turning up fine.”
Jim Belushi - Larry Burrows
Jon Lovitz - Clip Metzler

“- Caroline Floyd: I want to be grown-up and understanding about all this, I really do... I try so hard, but I can't. This won't bring those men back. You've been killing yourself over something you did, or something you didn't do right, and now you're looking for absolution... You know, you could get yourself killed.
- Dr. Heywood Floyd: I'll be...” (continue)(continue reading)
Madolyn Smith Osborne - Caroline Floyd
Roy Scheider - Dr. Heywood Floyd

“My father was 54 when he died of a massive embolism, right here in Wichita. My uncle died the very next day in a car wreck in California. So the point is... it is futile to regret. You do one thing, you do another... I mean, so what? What's the difference? Same result.”

John Cusack - Charlie Arglist