Quotes about past
past italian evil
Fascism was part of the absolute evil. (...) We have to denounce the ashaming pages in the history of our past. (...) There included all the pages related to the discrimination and the persecution of jews and, more in general, of minoritires. And therefore that one [The Italian Social Republic of Salò] is also included. Gianfranco Fini
past people royal
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do. Gianni Versace
past not-interested
I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.
past iran america
If America puts the enmity aside, if it initiates good will, and if it compensates for the past, the future situation between the United States and Iran will change. Hassan Rouhani
past thinking stopping
I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping. Harold Prince
past years earth
Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? Harold Pinter
past eternity here-and-now
Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now. James Broughton
past justice causes
The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past. Jalal Talabani
past long matter
No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love. Jamaica Kincaid
past knowing people
One day I was living silently in a personal hell, without anyone to tell what I felt, without even knowing that the feelings I had were possible to have; and then one day I was not living like that at all. I had begun to see the past like this: there is a line; you can draw it yourself, or sometimes it gets drawn for you; either way, there it is, your past, a collection of people you used to be and things you used to do. Your past is the person you no longer are, the situations you are no longer in.
past employment unions
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past. Jacques Delors
past judging style
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. Jacques Barzun
past ideas recognition
Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past. James G. Frazer
past iron savages
The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron.
past people matter
The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present. James Frey
past echoes would-be
To say that you can't see echoes of the past in what I do would be absurd. Everything that has preceded me has affected me.
past walks
I will not walk backward in life. J. R. R. Tolkien
past old-wounds heal
Until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed Iyanla Vanzant
past rights years
As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices. Isaac Hayes
past doe ifs
Life only makes any sense if we can see time how God does. Past, present, and future all at once. Isaac Marion
past facts made
The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.
past research reform
It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research. Isaac Asimov
past giants relics
There was this superstitious fear on the part of the pygmies of the present for the relics of the giants of the past.
past forever world
The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all.
past glory poor
Past glories are poor feeding.
past odd unpredictable
At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
past views ifs
In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past. Iris Apfel
past player thinking
I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and imitate a Motown sound, you can't do it, it's impossible because of the studios and players involved and the atmosphere. Elton John
past ruins ruined
Don't ruin the present with the ruined past. Ellen Gilchrist
past way nostalgic
In a funny way, I like the past, I'm a very nostalgic person. Elle Fanning
past
Keep out of the past. It is haunted. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
past today
All the past is not worth one today.
past sometimes praise
We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more. Francois de La Rochefoucauld