Patti Davis Quotes

And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

When you look back on anything in life, hindsight being 20/20, some things you'd like to have done a little differently.

I'm older, and I wish that a lot of things that I did in my life, I didn't do, but I'm able to talk about it.

I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.

I was offered some film roles, and I did not do them. It would have been interesting, but I have no regrets. I am where I am; I accept and embrace the mistakes because they're character-building and they build perspective and talent.

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

I wouldn't go back and change anything.

If I had it all to do over again, I would do most all things differently. However, how would I know that if, I had not had the opportunity to do them the first time.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

I do try not to dwell on the past too much, because I have a tendency to do that, and as I've gotten older, I've gotten very good at distancing myself from shoulda, woulda, coulda.

You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to today - good, bad, and otherwise.

I took a lot of wrong decisions, and got talked into a lot of things. Of course, if I could go back in time, I might change some things, but wouldn't everyone? I have no regrets.

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 don't regret anything, but that doesn't mean that I don't look back and think, 'What was I thinking?'

Like everybody, I've stayed up at night regretting things - Why did I do that, say that - but at the end of the day, I really do believe everything happens for a reason.

I don't regret anything in life.

I was young and naive. I didn't have the advice I have now and made mistakes. I didn't understand it was about attitude as well as ability.

I have regrets, but you live and learn.

I made so many mistakes when I was younger.

Looking back, I made my mistakes and I understand and learned from them.

We've all, you know, done things that we think at the time were bad, but actually, in hindsight, you look back and go, 'I'm really grateful that happened because I'm a stronger person.'

You've got to go through times in your life when you're not going to make the greatest decisions. But the thing is, I always say, you grade a person on what they've become after they've made some mistakes. Because it's so easy to make mistakes when you're young.

I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.

The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk I've been," "How could I have married that guy?" or "How could I have done this or that?" With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, "It wasn't all about them."