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The future27 quotes
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever. — George Orwell · 1949Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. — Anne Shirley · 1985But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes · 1924Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here.
It'll be here better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. — Fleetwood Mac · 1977I am interested in the future because I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future. — Charles F. Kettering · 1939Culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with a much more serious malady that might be called "future shock." Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future. — Alvin Toffler · 1965All 27 quotes →Tomorrow6 quotes
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. — Anne Shirley · 1985Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here.
It'll be here better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. — Fleetwood Mac · 1977Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Jesus · 60Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Who knows but the world may end tonight? — Robert Browning · 1855Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. — Proverbs 27:1 · 686 BCThe past3 quotes
The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963The Past is like a funeral gone by
The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest. — Edmund Gosse · 1911Clean slate2 quotes
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. — Anne Shirley · 1985Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Dystopian future2 quotes
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever. — George Orwell · 1949Fuck! Even in the future nothing works. — Dark Helmet · 1987Past and future2 quotes
The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821The Past is like a funeral gone by
The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest. — Edmund Gosse · 1911The human condition2 quotes
We have trained them to think of the Future as a promised land which favoured heroes attain—not as something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C.S. Lewis · 1942The history of man has just begun: in the aeons which lie before him lie limitless hope or limitless despair. The choice is his; the present choice is ours. It is worth the trial. — Learned Hand · 1945Totalitarianism2 quotes
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever. — George Orwell · 1949Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. — George Orwell · 1949Being present1 quote
I never think of the future—it comes soon enough. — Albert Einstein · 1930Children1 quote
Children are the future not because they will one day be adults but because humanity is becoming more and more a child, because childhood is the image of the future. — Milan Kundera · 1979Death1 quote
But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes · 1924Disinformation1 quote
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. — George Orwell · 1949Economic theory1 quote
But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes · 1924Economics1 quote
But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. — John Maynard Keynes · 1924Innovation1 quote
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay · 1971Invention1 quote
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay · 1971Kids these days1 quote
I weep for the future. — Chez Quis Maitre D' · 1986Letting go of the past1 quote
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here.
It'll be here better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. — Fleetwood Mac · 1977Living in the moment1 quote
Who knows but the world may end tonight? — Robert Browning · 1855Moral progress1 quote
The part of our moral theory... That covers how we affect future generations... Is the most important part of our moral theory, since the next few centuries will be the most important in human history. — Derek Parfit · 1984Moral theory1 quote
The part of our moral theory... That covers how we affect future generations... Is the most important part of our moral theory, since the next few centuries will be the most important in human history. — Derek Parfit · 1984Nature of time1 quote
We have trained them to think of the Future as a promised land which favoured heroes attain—not as something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C.S. Lewis · 1942New beginnings1 quote
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. — Anne Shirley · 1985Past and present1 quote
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. — George Orwell · 1949Past as prologue1 quote
The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821Predicting the future1 quote
It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events. — Cicero · 44 BCProgress1 quote
The history of man has just begun: in the aeons which lie before him lie limitless hope or limitless despair. The choice is his; the present choice is ours. It is worth the trial. — Learned Hand · 1945Sermon on the Mount1 quote
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Jesus · 60Social change1 quote
Children are the future not because they will one day be adults but because humanity is becoming more and more a child, because childhood is the image of the future. — Milan Kundera · 1979Technological progress1 quote
I have seen the future; and it works. — Lincoln Steffens · 1919