“Inutile piangere sul latte versato. (No use crying over spilled milk.)”

“Don't cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it'll be free yogurt.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

“Don't cry over spilt milk.”

Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller

“I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.”

Scott Westerfeld book Uglies

“I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?”

Katherine Paterson (1932) American children's writer born and mainly raised in China

“Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim.”

Salman Rushdie book The Satanic Verses

“Let us cry for the, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the, and remember how, and where, and why, we spilt it. Much wisdom is learnt through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons.”

María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832–1895) Mexican-American writer

“I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.”

Gordon Ramsay (1966) British chef, writer and TV presenter

“Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.”

Debbie Macomber (1948) American writer

“Never cry over anything that can't cry over you”

John Marsden (1950) author