Quotes about past
past blood sorrow
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow. Langston Hughes
past air deeds
The deeds we do, the words we say,Into still air they seem to fleet;We count them ever past;But they shall last -In the dread judgment theyAnd we shall meet. John Keble
past ideas yield
Ideas are inherently conservative. They yield not to the attack of other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstance with which they cannot contend. John Kenneth Galbraith
past errors giving
Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.
past foresight knows
We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past. John D. Barrow
past trying bigs
I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person. John Cusack
past people ghost
I always liked it when people go back in time to discover things about themselves, like with 'A Christmas Carol' and you're getting a tour of your life by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
past want littles
Haven't you ever wished that you could steal back just a few hours of your past?" she asked softly. "That's all I want... just a little taste of what might have been. Lisa Kleypas
past mind doubt
Because I realized during the past few days that I can’t leave doubt in anyone’s mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.
past answers nothing-new
When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say. Lionel Richie
past hair steps
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past. Lion Feuchtwanger
past views tasks
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.
past years people
Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect. Lindsey Vonn
past amir kites
It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Khaled Hosseini
past remembrance longing
And let to-day embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing. Khalil Gibran
past carpe-diem locks
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Jonathan Swift
past men talking
For poetry, he's past his prime, He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His fancy sunk, his muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen, But there's no talking to some men.
past secular-society government
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past. Jonathan Sacks
past infinite paralyzed
The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present. Jonathan Safran Foer
past light sides
It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.
past technology years
We can see how the role of mobile has changed in past 20 years. It is a perfect example of how one innovation can change an entire era. Narendra Modi
past imagination judging
Imagination judges the future by the past, but concerns itself with the future more than with the past. Napoleon Hill
past temporary-defeat leader
Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving
past enemy disregard
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them. Napoleon Bonaparte
past magic needs
What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.
past lasts one-thing
One thing about the past. It's likely to last.
past men errors
I know The past and thence I will essay to glean A warning for the future, so that man May profit by his errors, and derive Experience from his folly; For, when the power of imparting joy Is equal to the will, the human soul Requires no other heaven. Percy Bysshe Shelley
past might lasts
The world is weary of the past, Oh, might it die or rest at last!
past matter live-in-the-present
You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past. Paulette Goddard
past understanding gone
Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward. Paule Marshall
past
They had no past. They had no future. They just were. Paullina Simons
past hair teeth
Robert Redford ... has turned almost alarmingly blond-he's gone past platinum, he must be into plutonium; his hair is coordinated with his teeth. Pauline Kael
past thinking reason
All nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable. Paul Valery