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Future Quotes

"But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations."

"But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations."

Sue Kelly, American Politician

Future, Generations, Promise, Security

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"If the whole world shared such experiences, we would then have common dreams and everybody could begin thinking about tomorrow. And if everybody thinks about tomorrow, then someday we can visit the sky together."

"If the whole world shared such experiences, we would then have common dreams and everybody could begin thinking about tomorrow. And if everybody thinks about tomorrow, then someday we can visit the sky together."

Neil deGrasse Tyson, American Author

Future, Dream, Hope, Imagination

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"Only time can reveal the future."

"Only time can reveal the future."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Future, Time, Uncertainty, Reality

33

"I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!"

"I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!"

Zac Efron, American Actor

Future, Theater, Want

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"The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything."

"The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Future, Hope, Time, Possibility

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"Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around."

"Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we don't see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around."

Robert Teeter, American Politician

Future, President

32

"The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future."

"The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future."

Dee Hock, American Businessman

Future, Investment, Learning, Now

32

"It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising."

"It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

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"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face."

"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

Future, Nothing, Old

32

"I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that."

"I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that."

Jonathan Brandis, American Actor

32

"ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders."

"ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders."

Don Nickles, American Politician

Future, Leaders, Politicalleaders

31

"We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future."

"We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future."

Laurent Jalabert, French Athlete

31

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Future, Day, Years

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"Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future."

"Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future."

Marilyn Ferguson, American Writer

Future, Past, Potential

31

"All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature."

"All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature."

Bill Budge, American Businessman

Future, Now, Will

31

"When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future."

"When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future."

Bob Verdi, American Journalist

Future, Magic, Now, Present

31

"The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in."

"The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Future, Moments, Past, Right

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"What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic."

"What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic."

Peter Hain, British Politician

30

"The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it."

"The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Future, Struggle

30

"It's creepy, but here we are, the Pilgrims, the crackpots of our time, trying to establish our own alternate reality. To build a world out of rocks and chaos.What it's going to be, I don't know.Even after all that rushing around, where we've ended up is the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.And maybe knowing isn't the point.Where we're standing right now, in the ruins in the dark, what we build could be anything."

"It's creepy, but here we are, the Pilgrims, the crackpots of our time, trying to establish our own alternate reality. To build a world out of rocks and chaos.What it's going to be, I don't know.Even after all that rushing around, where we've ended up is the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.And maybe knowing isn't the point.Where we're standing right now, in the ruins in the dark, what we build could be anything."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Future, Creation, Chaos, Reality, Hope

30

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

30

"I'm about to sing the song for the future."

"I'm about to sing the song for the future."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

30

"All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand."

"All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand."

Boyle Roche, Irish Politician

30

"Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land."

"Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land."

Daniel Inouye, American Politician

Future, Gambling, Land, May

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

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

John Sladek, American Author

Future, Past, Scientists, Will

30

"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!"

"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, American Actor

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"There was no need to hurry that future - yet the length of his own youth pressed upon him. Whatever he was to do next he wanted to begin now. But how to begin and on what?"

"There was no need to hurry that future - yet the length of his own youth pressed upon him. Whatever he was to do next he wanted to begin now. But how to begin and on what?"

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Future, Youth, Time, Planning

30

"I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate."

"I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate."

Arthur W. Pinero, British Dramatist

30

"No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers."

"No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers."

Mike Huckabee, American Politician

Future, State, Teachers

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"Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up."

"Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up."

Jeff Sessions, American Politician

Future, Iraq, Responsibility

29

"Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future."

"Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Future, Learning, Past, Youth

29

"I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up."

"I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up."

George Benson, American Musician

Future, Guitar, Musicians, Theories

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"It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds."

"It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Future, Gambling, Will

28

"If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always into a better set - things might be easier, but the trouble is that there is no one to prepare the new rooms. The future is worse than the ocean - there is nothing there."

"If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always into a better set - things might be easier, but the trouble is that there is no one to prepare the new rooms. The future is worse than the ocean - there is nothing there."

Alexander Herzen, Russian Journalist

Future, Nations, Nothing, Ocean

28

"To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted."

"To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted."

George Ripley, American Activist

Future, Justice, Religious, Sense

28

"Thinking about the future is the worst way of thinking about the future. Working on your future is the best way of thinking about your future."

"Thinking about the future is the worst way of thinking about the future. Working on your future is the best way of thinking about your future."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Future, Action, Work, Planning

28

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

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

Thomas Dewey, American Politician

28

"Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past."

"Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

27

"What are they going to do to me that they haven't done already? They took away my entire past. They took away my entire future. What's left for them to take?"

"What are they going to do to me that they haven't done already? They took away my entire past. They took away my entire future. What's left for them to take?"

Robert Blake, American Actor

27

"Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future."

"Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future."

Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher

Future, Now, Will

26

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

Dan Quisenberry, American Athlete

Future, Present

26

"You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors."

"You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors."

Winslow Homer, American Artist

26

"If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations."

"If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations."

Elon Musk, American Entrepreneur

Future, Technology, Civilization, Space

26

"The threat of frustration of a biological urge does not cause conflict and anxiety unless that urge is identified with some value essential to the existence of the personality."

"The threat of frustration of a biological urge does not cause conflict and anxiety unless that urge is identified with some value essential to the existence of the personality."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

Future, Anxiety, Desire, Conflict, Mind

26

"There's a broad with a big future behind her."

"There's a broad with a big future behind her."

Constance Bennett, American Actress

26

"The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world."

"The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world."

Edgar Quinet, French Historian

Future, Humanity, Law, Past

25

"The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors."

"The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors."

Tristan Tzara, French Artist

Future, Guidance, Literature, Rest

25

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Future, Thinking, Survival, Innovation

25

"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."

"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, American Novelist

25

"Yes, the future certainly looks brighter now. I'm very happy with my group."

"Yes, the future certainly looks brighter now. I'm very happy with my group."

Johnny Kidd, American Musician

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