Horace Walpole Quotes

First thoughts are not always the best.

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

I also held that view for about 50 years, but lately I have been rethinking it and now believe I was wrong.

I'm not a big believer in second-guessing decisions.

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'

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

Let nothing prevent you from changing your previous decision if after consideration you feel that the previous decision was incorrect.

Is it not in human nature sometimes, based on the facts that you now know, to reconsider?

Do I have some regrets? Of course.

I'm sure I've already made some mistakes that I'll wish I could take back.

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.

There's tons of stuff where you're like, "God, I wish I could take that back."

Second thoughts, they say, are best.

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.'

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.