Regrettable Quotes

55 Regrettable quotes by 50 unique authors

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real progress, and the freedom that… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the… — Lewis H. Lapham
We are all here on this planet, as it were, as tourists. None of us can live here forever. The longest we might live is… — Dalai Lama
When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true. — Harry S. Truman
The Christian view that all intercourse outside marriage is immoral was, as we see in the above passages from St. Paul, based upon the view… — Bertrand Russell
I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I… — Michael Phelps
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in… — Xavier Becerra
It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression. — Henry Ford
If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it. — Peter King
It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops… — Scott McClellan
The greatest cruelties of our century have been the impersonal cruelties of remote decision, of system and routine, especially when they could be justified as… — Eric Hobsbawm
A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks only of the… — Torii Mototada
PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. [T]he Past is the Future of… — Ambrose Bierce
To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them — Francis Parker Yockey
There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation. — Robert Breault
He would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of green-tinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and… — Salman Rushdie
It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him… — Hojo Shigetoki
Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God. — Max Lucado
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of science. In other words, religion has become a… — Gary Zukav

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