Hortense Odlum Quotes

In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I'm not.

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done.

There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.

You look at the road you could have taken, you know, I just think that's interesting... I've been on a lot of roads and I had to hitchhike on a couple of 'em... I have to be very honest: There's not an awful lot of regret in my life. I think that, you know, you learn from everything, and then, sometimes, you don't.

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.

I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'

I would've preferred to blossom earlier in life.

If I would have had the same opportunities when I was 22, there's a good chance I would have squandered them. I know my work wouldn't have been any good.

I feel like I wasted my time in my twenties. When you are beginning to realise your potential you wish you'd realized it earlier.

There's a lot of things in my past that wouldn't have necessarily been my choices but at the same time, going back in time and changing something, I wouldn't want to do that because I like where I came out.

But dreams change. Fate has a way showing you paths you want more.

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don't want anybody else to do that.

I have a lot of regrets, of course I do. I should have taken that part; I should have maybe married that one, I don't know, but I didn't. So I am what I am and I'm pretty confident that I can break in. I think what I have to offer on film and on television is honest.

The journey toward self-discovery is life's greatest adventure.

She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.

Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.

I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.

At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.

I can't imagine ever not doing [acting]. I would feel like I would have lost a limb. But I am older now, and sometimes I wonder who I would have been and what about me would have changed had I not had these experiences as a young person

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.