Regret Quotes by Mason Cooley

I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

— Mason Cooley

Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

— Mason Cooley

Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude.

— Mason Cooley

If there is no harm in asking, why guilt and fear when we do so?

— Mason Cooley

Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.

— Mason Cooley

The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.

— Mason Cooley

Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

— Mason Cooley

Most self-laceration is more noisy than painful.

— Mason Cooley

Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.

— Mason Cooley

Regret leads to overeating and naps.

— Mason Cooley

I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.

— Mason Cooley

Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.

— Mason Cooley