David Mitchell Quotes

My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

Tattoos are a down payment on a future regret.

I wish I could turn back time, but I can't. I made a stupid decision because I thought I was invincible, and I'll pay for it the rest of my life.

From thinking proceeds speaking; thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous!

What's said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.

Life's full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier.

A man's head is not like a scallion, which will grow again if you cut it off; if you cut it off wrongly, then even if you want to correct your error, there is no way of doing it.

If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.

That man made me miss my destiny.

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

It is impossible to erase my choices.

I walked away from acting for eight years and tried to make the choice that I should have made when I was 21. But, it doesn't make any difference. Nothing changed. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

You’re the one who unleashed him. (Savitar) Yeah, well, let’s move on from the blame game. I was having suicidal thoughts and it seemed like a good idea at the time. In retrospect, not so much. (Stryker)

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from "Eragon

Things are so easy to do, so hard to undo.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

Let me tell you a few things about regret...There is no end to it. You cannot find the beginning of the chain that brought us from there to here. Should you regret the whole chain, and the air in between, or each link separately as if you could uncouple them? Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself?

Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.

Accept life, and you must accept regret.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.