Regret

Famous quotes containing the word regret:

“Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn’t something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly—a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
—Nathan Hale (1755–1776)