“We have observed totally unexpected and abnormal increases in trading volumes and it is extremely regrettable that we had to take such action.”
Taizo Nishimuro
“That Sweden should have a case of BSE is regrettable but despite everything not unexpected. The EU...had in its previous risk assessment designated Sweden as a country where it was unlikely, but not impossible, that BSE might occur.”
Leif Denneberg
“It is regrettable that a Dostoyevsky did not live near this most interesting of all decadents (Jesus Christ) - I mean someone who would have known how to sense the very stirring charm of such a mixture of the sublime, the sickly, and the childlike”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“If it is indeed a risky portion, it is against the import program and quite regrettable.”
Shoichi Nakagawa
“Even after two months of waiting, the reunion has not materialized. We find it extremely regrettable.”
Junichiro Koizumi
“This is regrettable in many ways.”
Robert Cohen
“It is deeply regrettable ... that these strikes could not be avoided,”
Joschka Fischer