“Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.”
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Regretful Quotes — page 168 of 169
“The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security Council. Because the world was changing, and is changing very fast, and I felt the UN was holding on to old arrangements. Most governments felt that it has such a narrow power base, based on the results of the second world war.”
“The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.”
“My biggest regret is probably that it took me so long to find out what I want to do.”
“But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws So much, as when we call our old debts in At sixty years, and draw the accounts of evil, And find a deuced balance with the devil.”
“Accursed be the city where the laws would stifle nature's!”
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.”
“It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's one way to really shake up the family if you haven't got nerve enough to turn into a homosexual.”
“I was a very wanting child.”
“I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood, just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets.”
“People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.”
“When critics ask you if you feel vindicated by other critics - I didn't like critics then, and I don't like them now. There you go. I've always been outside the mainstream, and it stayed that way.”
“Men don't cry!' 'Women can't handle money!' What limiting ideas to live with.”
“I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don't have regular anything. I have a timetable, but no routine.”
“Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.”
“One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.”
“I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.”
“I would never play any role in anything that involves the United Nations for obvious reasons.”
“My manager makes fun of me for the fact that I avoid the money, I’m allergic to money...”
“I'm allergic to money, because the choices that I make usually concern the people and the project itself, rather than the financial gain that is projected. I have the reputation for being the opposite of a money-grubber.”