Quotes about past
past long looks
We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there - but please let some of the contempt be there. Dennis Potter
past men years
Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty. Denis Kearney
past issues light
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. Demosthenes
past technology use
We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past, ... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't threaten our health or poison our planet. Let's choose to use it. Denis Hayes
past done next
What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future. Ken Robinson
past predict
We're going to predict that you're going to do about as well as you did in the past.
past thinking animal
I became a vegetarian out of concern for animals, but I wasn't a vegetarian long before I realized there's something to that. I don't think I would have worked for the past five years probably were it not for my vegetarian diet. Bob Barker
past may-not-be-perfect purpose
Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose. Bo Sanchez
past doors order
I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future. Charlie Sheen
past important world
There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past. Charlie Sheen
past way remember
Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up. Charles Wolfe
past water soul
Jesu, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me,O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last. Charles Wesley
past evolution individual
The individual is at the apex of his species' past, at the entrance to its future. Charles Lindbergh
past hands issues
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up by devoting ourselves to the study of the actual state of the living world, and to those monuments of the past in which the relics of the animate creation of former ages are best preserved and least mutilated by the hand of time. Charles Lyell
past men connections
The ordinary naturalist is not sufficiently aware that when dogmatizing on what species are, he is grappling with the whole question of the organic world & its connection with the time past & with Man; that it involves the question of Man & his relation to the brutes, of instinct, intelligence & reason, of Creation, transmutation & progressive improvement or development. Each set of geological questions & of ethnological & zool. & botan. are parts of the great problem which is always assuming a new aspect. Charles Lyell
past keys
The present is the key to the past Charles Lyell
past libertarian my-past
I have been a libertarian in my past but now I consider myself a classical liberal. Charles Koch
past path made
History dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past. Aidan Chambers
past faces ifs
If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future. Ai Weiwei
past care today
...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today. Ai Weiwei
past feels
We don't feel constrained by what we did in the past. Bob Odenkirk
past idols careers
I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol. Bo Bice
past over-you honey
Don't waste your time lookin' over your shoulder; those loves from the past ain't getting' no closer. When I look in my future, you're all I can see, so honey, don't go lovin' on nobody but me. Blake Shelton
past media way
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future. Billy Gibbons
past way causes
If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way. Billy Joel
past moments relentless
This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new. Billy Joel
past hands people
What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand. Bill Parcells
past your-future your-past
Don't let your past dictate your future. Bill Johnson
past accomplishment honor
The best way to honor past accomplishments is by building on top of their breakthroughs. Bill Johnson
past your-past embrace
Embrace your past, but live for now Beyonce Knowles
past remembered
The past has to be remembered, so that it's never repeated. Bernhard Schlink
past smell sweat
In the past, I had particularly loved her smell. She always smelled freshed, freshly washed or of freshed laundry or fresh sweat or freshly loved Bernhard Schlink
past israel views
There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe's past. So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else's land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland. Benjamin Netanyahu