Martha Plimpton Quotes

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

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

Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done... inexorably, unalterably done.

A life once spent is irrevocable. It will remain to be contemplated through eternity. If it be marked with sins, the marks will be indelible. If it has been a useless life, it can never be improved. Such it will stand forever and ever. The same may be said of each day.

You don't get many do-overs in life.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

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

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.

Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

Don’t do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of the Washington Post.

If you're going to worry about what you said on TV, then don't get on TV.

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.

I can't go back and change how many tackles I had, how many picks. What I've done is what I've done.

It's too late to correct it: when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences.

There is no rewind button for life.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button.

If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one will ever forget.

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