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Missed opportunities9 quotes
You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. — Terry Malloy · 1954If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the ripe moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe. — William Blake · 1792No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! — Charles Dickens · 1843The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow! — Eminem · 2002How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes. — Jonathan Franzen · 2001All 9 quotes →Regret2 quotes
You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. — Terry Malloy · 1954No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! — Charles Dickens · 1843Aging1 quote
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Buckling under pressure1 quote
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow! — Eminem · 2002Carpe diem1 quote
No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! — Charles Dickens · 1843FOMO1 quote
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living. — Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005Going for it1 quote
Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! — Jane Austen · 1815Happiness1 quote
Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! — Jane Austen · 1815Life1 quote
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Love1 quote
The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920Negativity1 quote
How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes. — Jonathan Franzen · 2001Passage of time1 quote
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Pressure1 quote
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow! — Eminem · 2002Shoot your shot1 quote
The girl really worth having won't wait for anybody. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920The road not taken1 quote
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living. — Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005Timing1 quote
If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the ripe moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe. — William Blake · 1792