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Dwelling on the past3 quotes
What can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably drive oneself to distraction in this way. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Apologies1 quote
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1910Conversation1 quote
Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in-particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Evening1 quote
The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Good conversation1 quote
What with excellent browsing and sluicing and cheery conversation and what-not, the afternoon passed quite happily. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1916Husbands1 quote
Chumps always make the best husbands... All the unhappy marriages come from the husband having brains. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1921Irritation1 quote
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1938Jokes1 quote
Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in-particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Killing time1 quote
What with excellent browsing and sluicing and cheery conversation and what-not, the afternoon passed quite happily. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1916Making the most1 quote
Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Marriage1 quote
Chumps always make the best husbands... All the unhappy marriages come from the husband having brains. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1921Overcoming obstacles1 quote
It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Personal development1 quote
If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Personal growth1 quote
It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Regret1 quote
What can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Self-improvement1 quote
If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989The future1 quote
The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989The past1 quote
What can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Work1 quote
The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989