Future Quotes

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer"

"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"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

"The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope"

Samuel Johnson, Author

"If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal"

John F. Kennedy, President

"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside"

John F. Kennedy, President

"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future"

John F. Kennedy, President

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future"

John F. Kennedy, President

"To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust"

John F. Kennedy, President

"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose"

John F. Kennedy, President

"But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?"

Alexander Pope, Poet

"It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either"

Doug Coupland, Author

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich"

Doug Coupland, Author

"I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.'"

Doug Coupland, Author

"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture"

Doug Coupland, Author

"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past"

George Carlin, Comedian

"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories"

Honore de Balzac, Novelist

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is"

C. S. Lewis, Author

"Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

"It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true"

Gertrude Stein, Author

"When we get to the future, I'll determine the future"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

"We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future"

Mason Cooley, Writer

"The future will be better tomorrow"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever"

George Orwell, Author

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible"

Maya Angelou, Poet

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past"

George Orwell, Author

"All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome"

George Orwell, Author

"Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth"

Horace, Poet

"To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open"

Lillian Smith, Novelist

"The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you"

Tennessee Williams, Dramatist

"This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one"

Arthur C. Clarke, Writer

"I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side"

Steven Wright, Comedian

"The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

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