Past Quotes

Einstein theorized that time travel was possible, but he was looking at it as unidirectional, going forward. Traveling into the past is much more problematic, as countless stories have demonstrated!

I'm so happy now. I love that I'm in a relationship right now... I want a life... The past five years or so I've found my groove and my balance.

The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

The past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment.

... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems to be extending to the whole world society.

The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call!

Shaking the past, making my break, taking control, that's what it takes.

I think [Hillary] Clinton owes the press some thanks for going so far overboard on the emails and the Clinton Foundation over the past year.

The problem with guilt is that it cements you to the past.

I have played a lot of Test cricket with Paul Collingwood over the past year. I seem to be spending more time with him than my fiancee.

While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.

the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion

You have think tanks like the widely respected Atlantic Council that have published reports in the past year that have called Afghanistan a failing state.

And let to-day embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.

It’s a cat. Boy, you couldn’t slip anything past me tonight.

I've done collaborations with Scott [Morgan, aka Loscil] in the past, but it is something that kind of appeals to me these days.

I am not a fan of Facebook or Twitter. They both allow too much information to be available and they make privacy a thing of the past.

We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.

You may have noticed over the years that the UN became a bit more media-friendly, a bit more open to the media than in the past.

If you look back at past administrations, they're probably a little bit behind where former President George W. Bush was.

Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.

We are never as modern, as far ahead of the past as we like to think we are.

Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.

The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over the past 400 years.

I've kicked at Notre Dame the past four years, I've been in frigid cold weather, snow. I've kicked at Yankee Stadium in December, so whatever is thrown at me I'm able to do.

Live. And live well. Breathe. Breathe in and breathe deeply. Be present. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now.

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States

Oh yes as a matter of fact it's quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life.

If the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met?

He [Winston Churchill] has a future and I have a past, so we should be all right.

We have experienced highly challenging global market conditions in the past quarter with significant steel price decline in all regions.

The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.

The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.

Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.

I thought ‘I wonder what will happen if I try and root myself somewhere?‘ Look back over the past eight years.

The past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.

Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they're better than.

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant.

Sometimes you have to let time carry you past your troubles.

Do I need to ease up on the psychedelics, or did LP just recall one of her past lives unprompted at the most crucial juncture ever?

Someday she will be saved, and the past and all its pain will be rendered as smoothly palatable as the food we spoon to our babies.

Over the past week, I’ve accepted that I will never love Julian as much as I loved Alex. But now that idea is overwhelming, like a wall between us. I will never love Julian like I love Alex.

It's as though the words are trapped, buried under past fears, past lives, like fossils compressed under layers of dirt.

You mine your own past in order to get to know yourself.

One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past.

Don't put stock in past lives. It's this life that makes the difference. And in this life, there may be certain destinies, people you're meant to meet.

If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.

Becoming less focused on the past and future and not resisting the moment is how to overcome fear, physical pain, and all suffering.

Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.

During the past twenty-three years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I’m proud to say that these goals have been achieved.