Marcel Proust Quotes

I've done a lot of dumb things in my life.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed to do that remain with me as sources of embarrassment.

We've all said and done things we... wish we'd done differently.

It's kind of an embarrassing story - that's why it's called 'The Idiot.' But looking back at your past self, you see that this person had reasons for everything she did. There's a whole lot of awkwardness, but really, what should one be embarrassed about?

When you do something that maybe wasn't the best thing to do at the time, you don't want to hold onto those feelings of guilt, shame or embarrassment, as much as you'd like to learn from them.

I do have a little bit of trouble with candor around the things that I used to do. I think it's probably just resultant of shame and embarrassment and not wanting to be defined by the life that I used to live.

You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a joint for a future job. You see them there, dramatically lurking nearby in striped monochrome, leaping behind postboxes as soon as your head whips around to confront them. Or it's a familiar face in a crowd that you glimpse but then lose sight of. An annoying Where's Wally? forever locked away and hidden in every thought in your conscience. The bad thing that you did, always there to let you know.

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.

I have made mistakes, but I feel that the people who have done things to me - they should be ashamed.

If I had to do my life over, I would change every single thing I have done.

I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

I have done a lot of stupid things in my life.

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something.

It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.

I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.

I believe there were things I probably should have done differently. But I'm not going to spend a lot of time crying over spilt milk.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

I remember some of the biggest mistakes I have made really, really well.

It's not always enjoyable to go back and look at things in your life. Things that you're not proud of, you definitely don't want to confront; dark times that you've already gotten over.

I didn't realise how devastating my behavior could be - looking back, I'm very embarrassed. I just buckled under the anxiety.

Listen, not all of us are proud of what we say or do at times.

There are many things about my life that I wish had been different and that I still find difficult to live down.