“It is a matter for considerable regret that Fermat, who cultivated the theory of numbers with so much success, did not leave us with the proofs of the theorems he discovered. In truth, Messrs Euler and Lagrange, who have not disdained this kind of research, have proved most of these theorems, and have even substituted extensive theories for the isolated propositions of Fermat. But there are several proofs which have resisted their efforts.” KindMatterNumbersEffortRegretTheoryResearchProofIsolatedPropositionsTheoremsEuler Author:Adrien-Marie Legendre
“...how little our side of the industry did to move its business to the more ethical firms and to make a fuss about conflicted or unethical behavior. Had a number of us moved our business, we might have slowed or even stopped the 30-year slide in conflicted, unethical behavior that we have experienced. I, for one, regret the modest nature of our moves. We all could have done more. We have tolerated a pretty nasty decline in standards. Shame on us.” YearsLittlesDoneMightMovingSidesNumbersRegretIndustryBehaviorStandardsShameMovedFirmEthicalDeclineNastyModestSlidesUnethical Author:Jeremy Grantham
“I can't count the number of people I've talked to over the course of my career who have said to me that the thing that they most regret is the one time they did something just for the money.” PeopleSaidI CanCoursesNumbersCareersRegretOne Time Author:Tavis Smiley
“Fifty Shades Of Grey proved you can write about a dude choking women and shoving stuff up their butts but heaven forbid if you tell a legitimate joke about it. Sure I doubled the number of feminists who hate me, but I also doubled the number of shows I have on TV. No regrets.” IfsWritingShowsHateHeavenStuffNumbersTvsRegretJokesFeministFiftyShadeGreyChokeNo RegretsHate MeFifty ShadesShades Of Grey Author:Daniel Tosh
“A month's salary, deep regret, the telephone number of some foul rehab clinic and my lance was free.” NumbersRegretMonthsTelephonesSalaryFoulRehabClinicDeep Regret Book:The Hippopotamus Source: The Hippopotamus
“And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not." Fang rolled his eyes.” KnowsWayDoeTwoEyeLastsNumbersRegretArguingHis EyesKnow MeDylanMaxFlocksFangsClearingSpunMaximum Ride Author:James Patterson
“But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.” WantTwoHappensDiesNumbersRegretDiedTwo ThingsSomedayLiving My LifeNumber 2 Author:Hubert Selby, Jr.
“There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said the following, because it is unquantifiable by human minds at this point, but this time it’s really true: I should have stayed home.” ShouldMindHumansSaidHomeNumbersRegretShould HaveFunctionFollowingDesertHuman MindSoleReally TrueNevadaSupercomputers Author:David Rakoff
“The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called — which only a nerd would call — a “regret minimization framework.” So, I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, “Okay, now I’m looking back on my life. I want to have minimized the number of regrets I have.”” WantMadeAgeWantedFoundEasyDecisionNumbersRegretProjectsOkayLooking BackNerdFramework Author:Jeff Bezos
“I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of regrets I have.’ And I knew that when I was 80, I was not going to regret having tried this. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a really big deal. I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that. But I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. I knew that that would haunt me every day.” IfsWantTryingBigsMightAgeWantedDealsNumbersOne ThingRegretInternetProjectsLooking BackBig Deal Author:Jeff Bezos
“Did everyone make the most ghastly blunders at regularly intervals through their life and live to regret them ever afterward? Was everyone's life filled with confusing and contradictory mix of guilt and innocence, hatred and love, concern and unconcern, and any number of other pairings of polar opposites? Or were most people one thing or the other - good or bad, cheerful or crotchety, generous or miserly, and so on.” PeopleNumbersOne ThingRegretConcernHatredOppositesAnd LoveFilledGuiltInnocenceGenerousCheerfulConfusingContradictoryIntervalsEver AfterBlundersGhastlyPolar OppositesHatred And Love Author:Mary Balogh