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Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson.  1988.
 
 
NUMBER:5264
AUTHOR:William O’Rourke
QUOTATION:Regret is an odd emotion because it comes only upon reflection. Regret lacks immediacy, and so its power seldom influences events when it could do some good.
ATTRIBUTION:Idle Hands Delacorte 81
SUBJECTS:Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings
 
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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