Present Quotes

Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.

Since that time up until the present time, there have been progress, and changes all through the time. The changes have not come by themselves; these changes have come from the doings of everyone in the country.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away.

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness.

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.

Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.

The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.

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.

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

We must not allow the liberals to move us away from the conservative values of the American past which sustain our present and shall secure our future. As for me and my family, we will serve God, we will serve this constitutional republic, we will serve America.

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily.

Create an atmosphere for the Spirit. The Spirit must be present.

The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

Be present and in the moment.

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.