“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”
Alice Morse Earle (1851–1911) American historian
“Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, book The Curse of Lono
Source: The Curse of Lono
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
The quote is usually regarded as anonymous, but is often attributed to her on several websites, as well as in several books, including My Life Is an Open Book http://books.google.es/books?id=qCOa1k--dt4C&printsec=frontcover&hl=es#v=onepage&q=eleanor%20roosevelt&f=false (2008), The Spirituality of Mary Magdalene http://books.google.es/books?hl=es&id=BLRuINwzVZcC&dq=eleanor+roosevelt++%22past+is+history%22&q=eleanor+roosevelt#v=snippet&q=eleanor%20roosevelt&f=false (2008), Mis cuatro estaciones http://books.google.es/books?hl=es&id=QCgANqKq8EIC&dq=ayer+es+historia%2C+ma%C3%B1ana++misterio.+Hoy+regalo+de+Dios+presente&q=%22eleanor+roosevelt%22#v=snippet&q=%22eleanor%20roosevelt%22&f=false (2008), and Gilles Lamontagne http://books.google.es/books?ei=MdG9UqGQK-fL2wX5zYC4Dw&hl=es&id=WyFKAQAAIAAJ&dq=Hier+est+de+l%27histoire%2C+demain+est+un+myst%C3%A8re+et+aujourd%27hui+est+un+cadeau.+C%27+est+pourquoi+nous+l%27appelons+%C2%AB+le+pr%C3%A9sent+roosevelt&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=eleanor+roosevelt (2010). None of these works cite any original reference. <br class="br">Disputed
“Yesterday is safe,
Tomorrow's full of danger,
Yesterday's a face I know,
Tomorrow is a stranger.”
Henry Summers (1911–2005) British civil servant
"A Spell for Midnight"
“It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
“I am in yesterday, today. And tomorrow? In tomorrow I was.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
Voces (1943)
Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter
"Tomorrow, Today" (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Tomorrow, Today" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai9Bp-w04vU (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics
“Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.”
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
President Clinton's speech at the 200th anniversary of the University of North Carolina.
This quote was later used as a sample by electronic duo Cosmic Gate in their track "Tomorrow"
2000s