I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you know, many were responsible for that – and a lot of them wear pinstripe suits in London today. – Martin McGuinness
The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either. – Mick Jagger
I don’t know if this is a stumbling block, but I had a real setback when I won a Nebula Award for the first story I ever had nominated for a Nebula in 1982. And you might think that was a good thing – and it was a wonderful thing, I don’t regret it a bit. But I was sort of discombobulated by it. – John Kessel
In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision. – Karl Rove
I used to suffer from a lot of regret while touring. Regret at having to leave certain places, people and situations, or just a beautiful day. – Kiri Te Kanawa
Sometimes I wish I never found the Internet. Sometimes I regret getting a laptop and Wi-Fi for logging into the Internet because it is such a distraction. If you have any addictive personality, the Internet will magnify it. – Lupe Fiasco
The one thing I regret is missing the time with my older children when they were young. – Kris Kristofferson
Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better. – Kathryn Schulz
You learn from things that you experience in life. I’d never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn’t how I have chosen to live my life. – Kate Winslet
The reason I haven’t got an agent is so that no one can contact me to offer me a film part. In case I’m tempted to do something I’ll regret later. – Jaye Davidson
I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen. – Keren Ann
I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough. – Leslie Caron
My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they’ve been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. – Jonathan Coe
The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn’t be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don’t regret it. – Kim Wilde
My part had three lines. I said, ‘You look wonderful, sir,’ three times. All my friends said, ‘Do not take that role – and do not understudy. You’ll regret it the rest of your life.’ I did both of those things, and I’ve never regretted it once. – Jeffrey Tambor
We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent member, the vote-counting became a secondary consideration. – John Negroponte
I regret waiting until my mid-twenties to really start seeing the world. I think I should have taken more risks when I was younger and worried less about being ready to grow up. – John Corey Whaley
As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I’m not going to say what they were. – Julie Christie
We attacked selected military targets of the P.L.O. Around, civilians were hurt, I don’t want to deny it. Very regrettable, very regrettable. We regret it deeply. – Menachem Begin
People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They’re not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There’s just regret. – Laurie Anderson
I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret… if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid. – Katharine Hepburn
