“Why should knowledge of where I came from tell me where I am going to?”

“Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.”

Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) Russo-British Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas

“Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them.”

Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948) Indian politician

“I go where the lizards tell me.”

Scott Westerfeld book Behemoth

“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

“If you don't know where your're going, you should know where you came from.”

Sue Monk Kidd (1948) Novelist

“Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

“Get back on the bike and tell me where to go."
"I'll tell you where to go," I muttered sourly, and he laughed.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“As for the coldness, I have never seen it like this. I mean, coldness that makes like it wants to kill you, like it's telling you, with its snow, that you should go back to where you came from.”

NoViolet Bulawayo book We Need New Names

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist