what a shame
Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast. Edith Wharton
In general I find little girls enchanting. What a shame they grow up to be big girls and make our lives as miserable as we allow them, and oft-times more. Avram Davidson
What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us. Mignon McLaughlin
Time is a jetplane - it moves too fast. Oh but what a shame that all we've shared can't last... Bob Dylan
Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it. Ray Bradbury
What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: "Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example." She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success. Bernie Siegel