Shoulda Woulda Coulda Quotes

“All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin' In The Sun,
Talkin' 'Bout The Things
They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done ...
But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All Ran Away And Hid
From One Little Did.”

— Shel Silverstein

“Shoulda, woulda, coulda. They were the Three Stooges of regret. All they were good for was saying whoop-whoop-whoop and smacking each other over the head.”

— Thea Harrison

“In life you gotta take chances the hell with shoulda, woulda, and coulda you never know what the out come will be. It may be a life full of success ...”

— Christopher J. Williams

“Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.”

— Sarah Dessen

“The things I could have done had Hollywood been more open? I don't dwell on coulda-woulda-shoulda. Because, hey, I've had a great career.”

— Pepe Serna

“Woulda, shoulda, coulda. It's human nature to assume that we have that sort of control over what happens to us, but the truth is ... life happens and sometimes you're too late. Hell, sometimes you're too early. Sometimes you make the wrong choice just like sometimes you make the right one. The only time people ever use those three is when things don't go the right way. People don't question themselves when things are going well. They question themselves when things have gone to hell.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“Life is full of those three." "Three?" "Woulda, shoulda, coulda.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“If only I woulda done that."
"I really shoulda done that."
"I coulda done that."
I ask, "Do you really know what your life would be like now if you made those choices?" Believing in regret strips away our only chance to create a better future. That chance: what we decide to do today, right now, in the present.”

— Charles F. Glassman

“There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.”

— Pat Riley

“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.”

— Pat Riley

“I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.”

— Joy Bryant

“In those moments where you're not quite sure if the undead are really dead, dead, don't get all stingy with your bullets. I mean, one more clean shot to the head, and this lady could have avoided becoming a human Happy Meal. Woulda ... coulda ... shoulda.”

— Jesse Eisenberg