With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. Victor Hugo French Author More Victor Hugo Quotes 10
God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 9
The future influences the present just as much as the past. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 5
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy American President More John F. Kennedy Quotes 5
I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change. Bob Dylan American Musician More Bob Dylan Quotes 3
The past is never dead. It's not even past. William Faulkner American Novelist More William Faulkner Quotes 3
I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future. LaToya Jackson American Musician More LaToya Jackson Quotes 3
It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present. Franklin D. Roosevelt American President More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes 3
The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes. Simone Weil French Philosopher More Simone Weil Quotes 3
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. J. Michael Straczynski American Producer More J. Michael Straczynski Quotes 2
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana American Philosopher More George Santayana Quotes 2
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 2
Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. Corrie Ten Boom Dutch Celebrity More Corrie Ten Boom Quotes 2
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. Anita Desai Indian Novelist More Anita Desai Quotes 1
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. Maya Angelou American Poet More Maya Angelou Quotes 1
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. John Acton English Historian More John Acton Quotes 1
Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future. Louise J. Kaplan More Louise J. Kaplan Quotes 1
I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind. Jennifer Capriati American Athlete More Jennifer Capriati Quotes 1
People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it. Sparky Anderson American Coach More Sparky Anderson Quotes 1
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future. Blaise Pascal French Philosopher More Blaise Pascal Quotes 1
Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go. Fred Rogers American Celebrity More Fred Rogers Quotes 1
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events. Adrienne Rich American Poet More Adrienne Rich Quotes 1
Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past. Lytton Strachey English Critic More Lytton Strachey Quotes 1