Past Quotes (711 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Lee Ann Womack
„I think a lot of it had to do with, you know, I was always a daddy's girl. I was always wanting to please him, and I think he was pleased when he'd walk past my room and I was listening to those records.“
― Lee Ann Womack ―
Picture of quotation author Frederick Soddy
„It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source.“
― Frederick Soddy ―
Picture of quotation author Tony Levin
„Like most musicians, I'm good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our heads to contemplate even the music we will be doing in the future, let alone what we've done in the past.“
― Tony Levin ―
Picture of quotation author Alexis de Tocqueville
„When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.“
Picture of quotation author Arthur Schopenhauer
„Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.“
Picture of quotation author Louis Kahn
„Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.“
― Louis Kahn ―
Picture of quotation author Jakob Bohme
„Time past, present, and to come, as also depth and height, near and afar off, are all one in God, one comprehensibility.“
― Jakob Bohme ―
Picture of quotation author Lord Byron
„The best prophet of the future is the past.“
― Lord Byron ―
Picture of quotation author V. S. Naipaul
„What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.“
― V. S. Naipaul ―
Picture of quotation author Richie Sambora
„That got me thinking. Bon Jovi kills in Jersey. Just kills. We did Atlantic City this past winter and man, you wouldn't believe the intensity in that crowd. Can I just talk for a minute about how amazingly hot Heather is?“
― Richie Sambora ―
Picture of quotation author Aly Khan
„Throughout the past, there has been a lack of intimacy, affection, and regard for Islam by Christianity. This, to a large extent, has been due to a lack of knowledge of the great human and spiritual ideals for which Islam and the teachings of Islam stand.“
― Aly Khan ―
Picture of quotation author Michael Behe
„This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.“
― Michael Behe ―
Picture of quotation author Donald Trump
„I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.“
― Donald Trump ―
Picture of quotation author Francois Hollande
„What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa.“
Picture of quotation author John Cusack
„People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that.“
― John Cusack ―
Picture of quotation author Kyle MacLachlan
„I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States.“
― Kyle MacLachlan ―
Picture of quotation author Richard Rorty
„I think that a good Left is a party that always thinks about the future and doesn't care much about our past sins.“
― Richard Rorty ―
Picture of quotation author James Hutton
„The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.“
― James Hutton ―
Picture of quotation author Penelope Lively
„We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.“
― Penelope Lively ―
Picture of quotation author Debbie Wasserman Schultz
„People used to say everyone knows someone who's had breast cancer. In the past few weeks, I've learned something else: Everyone has someone close to them who has had breast cancer.“

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