Quotes about past
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 matter painful
No matter how painful your past has been, you have made it through. Iyanla Vanzant
past old-wounds heal
Until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed
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 starting-over doe
The past does not define, you the present does. Jillian Michaels
past thinking people
I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. Jennifer Ellison
past finished
It's finished. Everything went past, without me. Jennifer Egan
past healthy able
When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy. Jeff Tweedy
past thinking rocks
It's rooted in things that maybe older people or people my age remember as being rock music. But at the same time, I don't think we're stuck in the past or retro. I think we've tried to push ourselves and experiment with what we can call Wilco music.
past way want
I want to force the other drivers to find a way past me. Jeff Gordon
past people changed
I don't feel like I've really changed. Maybe I have let people see more of me than in the past.
past years long
I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship.
past opportunity thinking
We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think. Jean Smart
past government color
It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. Jean Rostand
past men wish
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
past bird helping
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God's help I catch some. Jean Rhys
past practice sentimental
No past to make us sentimental, no future to embarrass us...a difficult moment when you are out of practice - a moment that makes you go cold, cold and wary.
past feelings england
I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past. Jez Butterworth
past yellow trying
He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past. Jhumpa Lahiri
past intuition trying
I see myself as a journalist reporting neglected stories about our past and trying to bring rigor, reason and intuition to the quest. Graham Hancock