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Quote on a picture of the Rhone at Condrieu.

“Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly?” — Diane Setterfield, Bellman & Black

Author YahooeyPosted on December 4, 2022December 3, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Diane Setterfield, future, pastLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“The future arrives and becomes the past.” — Yahooey

Author YahooeyPosted on January 23, 2022January 20, 2022Categories QuotationsTags future, past2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a portrait of Shashi Tharoor.

“The past is not necessarily a guide to the future, but it does partly help explain the present.” — Shashi Tharoor, Inglorious Empire

Author YahooeyPosted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021Categories QuotationsTags future, past, present, Shashi TharoorLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The older we become, the more certain our future.

“The older we become, the more certain our future.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Fifth Selection (1988)

Author YahooeyPosted on February 13, 2021February 4, 2021Categories QuotationsTags aging, future, Mason CooleyLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

“A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Author YahooeyPosted on February 6, 2021January 27, 2021Categories QuotationsTags future, history, past, Robert A. Heinlein4 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

“Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.” — Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

Author YahooeyPosted on October 7, 2020October 6, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Douglas Adams, future, Mostly Harmless, past, presentLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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One can look into the future, or one can look at the future. The latter is by far the more instructive.

“One can look into the future, or one can look at the future. The latter is by far the more instructive.” — R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet

Author YahooeyPosted on May 17, 2020May 6, 2020Categories QuotationsTags future, R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior-ProphetLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Careful study leads me to conclude that one of the problems with the future is that good things always take longer than they should, whereas bad things happen right away.

“Careful study leads me to conclude that one of the problems with the future is that good things always take longer than they should, whereas bad things happen right away.” — Theodore Levitt, Thinking About Management

Author YahooeyPosted on July 19, 2019July 17, 2019Categories QuotationsTags bad things, future, good things, longer, right away, Theodore Levitt, Thinking About ManagementLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The past we can only know from imperfect sources, including our own memories. The future we can't know, other than that it will originate in the past but then depart from it.

“The past we can only know from imperfect sources, including our own memories. The future we can’t know, other than that it will originate in the past but then depart from it.” — John Lewis Gaddis, On Grand Strategy

Author YahooeyPosted on January 3, 2019December 28, 2018Categories QuotationsTags future, John Lewis Gaddis, memories, On Grand Strategy, past, predictionsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future.

“It’s only when you’re forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future.” — Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

Author YahooeyPosted on June 8, 2018October 20, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, future, planning, presentLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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