Quotes with present

Quotes 301 till 320 of 346.

  • Iris Murdoch We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • John Banville We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past.
    John Banville
    Irish writer (1945 - )
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  • Bobby McFerrin Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Louise Erdrich What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Buddha What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • E. M. Cioran What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Oprah Winfrey Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • Burning Spear Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like something from me. What I present to the people is for all of us, you know. I present music for the people.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Booth Tarkington When I get to be a man! Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: When I was a boy! It really is the land of nowadays that we never discover.
    Booth Tarkington
    American novelist and dramatist (1869 - 1946)
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  • Bob Verdi 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.
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  • Hector Hugh Munro When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Martin Amis When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable.
    (2012)
    Martin Amis
    British novelist (1949 - 2023)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer ''present'' or ''not guilty.''
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Jack Kornfield When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
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  • Cass Elliot When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • William James Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Epictetus Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • George Orwell Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Orwell Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.
    1984 Hfd. 2
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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