“It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.”
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“Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.”
“The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.”
“I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.”
“You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.”
“I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.”
“When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.”
“What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?”
“To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.”
“It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.”
“I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.”
“While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.”
“Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.”
“Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.”
“Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.”
“Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.”
“It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.”
“The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.”
“Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.”
“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?”
“The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.”
“My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.”
“As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected.”
“In fact, I believe the first companies that make an effort to develop an authentic, transparent, and meaningful social contract with their fans and customers will turn out to be the ones that are the most successful in the future. While brands that refuse to make the effort will lose stature and customer loyalty.”