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Past Future Quotes (page 15)

Lewis H. Lapham quote: "Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon..."
Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past. Lewis H. Lapham
Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I weigh my past against my future, but find them both admirable, cannot give either the preference, and find nothing to grumble at save the injustice of Providence that has so clearly favored me. Franz Kafka
The future, even when it was only a question-shrouded glimmer, would not be eclipsed by the past; even when death moved towards the centre of the stage, life went on fighting for equal rights. Salman Rushdie
Voldemort,” said Riddle softly, “is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter. . . .” He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air, writing three shimmering words: TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves: I AM LORD VOLDEMORT J. K. Rowling
John G. Diefenbaker quote: "He who does not know the past can never understand the..."
He who does not know the past can never understand the present, and he certainly can do nothing for the future. John G. Diefenbaker
You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future. John Steinbeck
...memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events; we cannot gauge the consequences of our acts, and we believe in the fiction of past, present, and future, but it may also be true that everything happens simultaneously. Isabel Allende
Herman Melville quote: "The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible..."
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. Herman Melville
Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day. Saul Bellow
The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays. C. S. Lewis
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in..."
Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined. Henry David Thoreau
The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call! Kenneth Grahame
It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. Mark Twain
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that the bulk of the public expenditure of most civilized Governments consists in payment for past wars or preparation for future wars, the man who lends his money to a Government is in the same position as the bad men in Shakespeare who hire murderers. The net result of the man's economical habits is to increase the armed forces of the State to which he lends his savings. Obviously it would... Bertrand Russell

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