Future Quotes

"The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce"

Virginia Gildersleeve, Celebrity

"You can expect to find these four priorities - education, economic vitality, efficiency in government and the protection of families - woven into my decisions as Governor. They will serve as my compass as I work with you to chart a future course for our state"

Dave Heineman, Politician

"But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence"

Dave Heineman, Politician

"I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services"

Bernard Ebbers, Businessman

"In the future the way that Whittaker Chambers was able to carry out forgery by typewriter will be disclosed"

Alger Hiss, Public Servant

"I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men"

Agnes Macphail, Politician

"These are they whose youth was violently severed by war and death; a word on the telephone, a scribbled line on paper, and their future ceased. They have built up their lives again, but their safety is not absolute, their fortress not impregnable"

Winifred Holtby, Novelist

"I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future"

Van Jones, Activist

"A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport"

Yoshiro Mori

"We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us"

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Educator

"Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?"

Tracey Ullman, Comedian

"Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot"

Robert Dale Owen, Politician

"The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind"

Li Ka Shing, Businessman

"It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future"

Winona Ryder, Actress

"We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past"

John Eaton, Politician

"I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future"

Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician

"Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition"

Itzhak Perlman, Musician

"I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music"

Itzhak Perlman, Musician

"The cloud that descended on Black Rock on Monday was not for the past but the future. How much will this debacle chill the pursuit of other risky investigations?"

Tina Brown, Editor

"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth"

Neville Chamberlain, Politician

"And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned"

Lynn Redgrave, Actress

"In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future"

Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer

"Today, it is clear that Internet organizing is vital to our future success"

Martin Frost, Politician

"Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future"

Louise J. Kaplan

"But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future"

Linda Lingle, Politician

"Race horses are like golfers, you're never sure how they're going to come out of the stalls. It's just - hopefully the horses come out of the race all right, just fit and ready to go again in the near future, but 3rd was good. It's paid for its hay"

Lee Westwood, Athlete

"I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had"

Ken Buck, Politician

"Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season"

Sepp Blatter, Leader

"The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future"

Joseph Needham, Scientist

"But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

"Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear"

Garson Kanin, Playwright

"I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries"

Orhan Pamuk, Novelist

"Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some type of safety margin for a future recession. That's where they want to go"

Bill Gross, Businessman

"The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from"

Floyd Patterson, Athlete

"The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive"

John Sladek, Author

"At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it"

Tim Conway, Actor

"The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors"

Kit Bond, Politician

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