Mohamed Sanu Quotes

There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.

I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.

I think sometimes in life we rush and only later look back and say, 'Wow, that was something pretty cool that I did,' and we realize we should have been more aware while it was happening.

I never imagined my life would be the way that it has been for the past 30 years. I have had the best experiences a person can have-and the worst as well.

No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.

When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time.

It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

My time in New England was great. I thank them for everything.

You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.

Going back, I wish I could have been in the moment a little bit more. I can't change it, but hindsight definitely makes me appreciative of the moment now - even if it's hard, or exhausting, it's all a part of the experience.

I definitely do live my life at a different pace now than I used to... I feel like I'm guilty of all the overindulgences of a guy in his 20s and early 30s could've gone through, but I look back on it with great fondness. I don't have a lot of regrets.

Like I said, I enjoyed my time there in Indy. You just have gotta move on, get ready for the next chapter.

I could have given more and I'm sorry about how it all ended, but I still look back on my time in Germany positively.

The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.

Everything happens for a reason. But I would love to still be at Clemson.

As I've grown older, I appreciate what I had at Lilly even more than I did back then.

I could never say that I regret being given the gift of experience and love.

I don't want to take away from anything from my time at Texas. I think it was actually pretty darn special.

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.

The one of the great sadnesses of any life is knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.

I didn't drink in the essence of the classroom. I didn't take legible notes or dance all night. I thought I would marry my boyfriend and grow old and sick of him. I thought I would keep my friends, and we'd make different, new memories. None of that happened. Better things happened.

In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger