“It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.”
“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”
“It was not his habit to dwell on what might have been but what could never be.”
“Life is too short to dwell on what might have been.”
“...it's like this white-Indian thing has gotten out of control. And the thing with the blacks and the Mexicans. Everybody blaming everybody...I don't know what happened. I can't explain it all. Just look around at the world. Look at this country. Things just aren't like they used to be.''Son, things have never been like what you think they used to be.”
“Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.”