Future Quotes

"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist"

Will Smith, Actor

"I want to build a country where our children can grow up without fear and where they can have a bright future"

Volodymyr Zelensky, President

"I believe that we need to focus on the future, not the past. We need to build a new Ukraine, a country that is united and prosperous"

Volodymyr Zelensky, President

"When you're out in the wilderness, you're living in the moment. You're not thinking about the past or the future. You're just living in the present, and that's a very powerful experience"

Liv Arnesen, Explorer

"I think it's important to have a future that is inspiring and appealing"

Elon Musk, Businessman

"You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future"

An Wang, Businessman

"It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans"

Mel Martinez, Politician

"It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future"

Frances Conroy, Actress

"The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore"

Will McDonough, Writer

"Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future"

Ralph Abernathy, Activist

"We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of how I got discovered. Kinda like my own version of '8 Mile.'"

Justin Bieber, Musician

"Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement"

Christopher Bond, Politician

"I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me"

Barbara Mandrell, Musician

"My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future"

Alfred Jodl, Soldier

"In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school"

W. Richard Stevens, Scientist

"We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves"

Thurston Moore, Musician

"We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands"

Thomas Dewey, Politician

"The provisions contained in this plan will ensure that the United States has the infrastructure necessary to meet energy needs through future decades, easing dependence on unpredictable foreign oil markets, and creating thousands of new jobs for American workers"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever"

Rob Reiner, Director

"I do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven't done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer!"

Jonathan Brandis, Actor

"There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past"

Tom Wilson, Cartoonist

"It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future"

Pam Grier, Actress

"India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression"

Stafford Cripps, Politician

"I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past"

Ice Cube, Musician

"Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future"

Marc Morial, Politician

"I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future"

Patty Duke, Actress

"And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids"

Olga Korbut, Athlete

"I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession"

John Cale, Musician

"Isn't it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past?"

John Leonard, Poet

"To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves"

Carrie Chapman Catt, Activist

"Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country has undergone, and in the future, it could be used as a lesson for our future actions"

Bhumibol Adulyadej, Statesman

"My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business"

Meg Whitman, Businessman

"I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country"

Marian Anderson, Musician

"Brown v. Board is the foundation by which all Americans can look for hope - hope for their children, hope for their families, and hope for a better future"

Mike Rogers

"In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer"

Martin van Creveld, Historian

"Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action"

John Yoo, Educator

"If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen"

Jerry Pournelle, Journalist

"So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future"

Jerry Pournelle, Journalist

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