“I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed.” BelieveMadeAgeI BelieveDecisionStudyRiskInformationRegretMonthsFindingsMalesFinalsSignificantDataAfrican AmericanReportsArticlesAutismJournalVaccinesI RegretProtocol Author:William Thompson
“I regret not finding Osama Bin Laden.” RegretFindingsBin LadenI RegretOsama Bin Laden Author:George W. Bush
“If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.” IfsKnowsWayFirstsHas BeensFeelingsMightHappensWonderRegretFindingsShouldersLooking BackIgnoredMight Have BeenMessage In A BottleLetter In A Bottle Author:Nicholas Sparks
“But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life can be seen either tragic or comic. And it’s your choice. Is life a big, long, tiresome slog from sadness to regret to guilt to resentment to self-pity? Or is life weird, outrageous, bizarre, ironic, and just stupid? Gotta go with stupid. It’s not the easy way out. Self pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism. That’s tough. - Marco, Animorphs #35: The Proposal” WorldWayLongSelfBigsChoicesEasySadnessStupidTaughtRegretMomFindingsToughOptimismGuiltMy MomPityAwfulComicIronyRememberedTragicIronicResentmentThings In LifeJustificationBizarreProposalSkepticalOutrageousSelf PityEasy WayMarcosTiresome Author:Katherine Applegate
“In every creepy movie ever made, the barn is the prime nesting ground for the things you don't know you're looking for and always regret finding.” KnowsMadeRegretFindingsPrimeCreepyBarns Author:Rick Yancey
“The stuff I find attractive in women I always regret finding attractive. I always like a kind of madness in a woman... I like it when they hate me right from the beginning.” KindRomanceHateStuffRegretFindingsMadnessAttractiveHate MeThey Hate Me Author:Robert Pattinson
“There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.” GivingBitsFireMinutesRegretFindingsFaultsPunishmentThanksTemperMetalsDon't Regret Book:You Can't Win Source: You Can't Win