Edward Albee Quotes

When I'm old I'm never going to say,I didn't do this or, I regret that. I'm going to say,I don't regret a damn thing. I came, I went, and I did it all.

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

I am told that you regret not what you did but what you didn't do; and so that's why I do everything, so as not to have any regrets.

You can die at any moment doing anything. I mean, so why not do what you love to do. If I die on game day, have a drink. Celebrate.

One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.

If we can only live once, let it be a daring adventure.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously.

Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.

When I nearly died it made me think – this can happen again any second. I better hurry and do what I want. I started to live like I never lived before. When the fear of death is gone, then nothing can bother you and nobody can stop you.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!

I don't believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn't a dress rehearsal!

If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest, if I fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.

I think it's important to live with a certain danger and a certain risk.

I never regret anything. I always said that when I'm old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn't do; and now I'm old, and I don't regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I'm still having it.

Life is very short, try everything you've dreamed about (within the perimeters of sanity and the law) and regret nothing. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.

I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial.

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

I've seen and swam and climbed and lived and driven and filmed. Should it all end tomorrow, I can definitely say there would be no regrets. I am very lucky, and I know it. I really have lived 5,000 times over.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are debating whether or not to go for the gusto, ask yourself this important question: "How long am I going to be dead?" With that perspective, you can now make a free, fearless choice to do just about any goddamned sneaky thing your devious little mind can think up. Go ahead. Have your fun. You're welcome. Go on. See you in hell.

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.