Glenn Ligon Quotes

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.

There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

When I was coming up in high school, if you wanted to be in the musical it was during the winter, so I had to choose between playing basketball or being in the musical. And I ended up playing basketball.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?

I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.

I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.

Those regrets that I do have are, exclusively, not doing plays that I wish I had done.

There have been films I have said no to and there are roles that I wish I had done.

I wanted to entertain and make people laugh. I think it really hit in third grade, but once I was in high school, I joined chamber choir. I wanted to do musical theater, too, but they had rehearsals at the same time. That was a bit of 'Sophie's Choice.'

On hindsight, I feel I should have given more time to sports. But I really got bitten by the acting bug.

I wish I'd got my driving license at 18, not 22. I also wish I had graduated earlier, even though I didn't finish college.

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.

Usually you regret the things you say no to.

I never went to college. I think about it a lot. I can't watch a game without thinking where I would have been if I had ga head and went to college and pursued my career.

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.

Regrets are born of paths never taken.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

If you don't pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it. Life is long. There is always time for Plan B. But don't begin with it.

When you look at life retrospectively you rarely regret anything that you did, but you might regret things that you didn't do.

Life is like a giant smorgasbord of more delicious alternatives than you can ever hope to taste. So you have to reject having some things you want in order to get other things you want more.

Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another.

There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.