Regrettable Quotes

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Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would… — C. E. M. Joad
History leaves no doubt that among of the most regrettable crimes committed by human beings have been committed by those human beings who thought of… — Wendell Berry
Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no… — Raymond Chandler
I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable. — Larry Wall
It is regrettable that a Dostoyevsky did not live near this most interesting of all decadents (Jesus Christ) - I mean someone who would have… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Well my own impression of my musical pieces is that no matter how long I've been at it, there's not much improvement. So that's kind… — Nobuo Uematsu
Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree. — Richard Dawkins
A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and… — Jeffrey Kluger
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind… — Bob Newhart
Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that way too,… — Ann Brashares
The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of the past, to… — Flannery O'Connor
Fenworth!' Yes?' You bore me with your prattle.' Oh, regrettable that. Why don't you seek the company of someone who doesn't prattle? Seems like a… — Donita K. Paul
She felt a board indifference toward the immediate world around her toward other children and adults alike. She took it as a regrettable accident to… — Ayn Rand
Not everyone is born a witch or a saint. Not everyone is born talented, or crooked, or blessed; some are born definite in no particular… — Gregory Maguire
THE MAJORITY of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most… — Richard Dawkins
I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?" "A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus. — Cassandra Clare
Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable. — Diana Gabaldon
When she is older she will see in these resemblances a regrettable uniformity among individuals (they all stop at the same spots to kiss, have… — Milan Kundera
And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let… — Agatha Christie
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable. — William S. Burroughs

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