Wendy Mass (1967) American children's writer
Source: Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
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Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War
Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 "War Situation" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1940/jun/18/war-situation#column_52. <br class="br">The Second World War (1939–1945)
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Variant: Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell
Variant: The future of our relationship hinged on advice from a fifteen-year old girl, a probably untrue story from a one-eyed Chihuahua trainer, and me unromantically – yet skillfully – kissing you on top of silverware and china?
Source: The Indigo Spell
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”
Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War
Speech at Harvard University, September 6, 1943 ( full text https://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/the-price-of-greatness-is-responsibility, audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESiuSi8Qp9U). <br class="br">The Second World War (1939–1945)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
As quoted in TIME magazine (6 October 1952)
1950s
“Without a past you can't have a future.”
Michael Ende book The Neverending Story
Source: The Neverending Story
“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Mark Victor Hansen (1948) American writer
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“What is now in the past was once in the future”
Ramachandra Guha (1958) historian and writer from India
Source: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Christopher Moore book Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.<br>These two statements are very similar, widely quoted, and seem to paraphrase some ideas in the essay "Religion and Science" (see below), but neither of the two specific quotes above been properly sourced. Notable Einstein scholars such as John Stachel and Thomas J. McFarlane (author of Buddha and Einstein: The Parallel Sayings) know of this statement but have not found any source for it. Any information on any definite original sources for these is welcome.<br>This quote does not actually appear in Albert Einstein: The Human Side as is sometimes claimed.<br>Only two sources from before 1970 can be found on Google Books. The first is The Theosophist: Volume 86 which seems to cover the years 1964 http://books.google.com/books?id=7pLjAAAAMAAJ&q=1964#search_anchor and 1965 http://books.google.com/books?id=7pLjAAAAMAAJ&q=1965#search_anchor. The quote appears attributed to Einstein on p. 255 http://books.google.com/books?id=7pLjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22natural+and+spiritual%22#search_anchor, with the wording given as "The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description." An identical quote appears on p. 284 http://books.google.com/books?id=YpsfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22dogmas+and+theology%22#search_anchor of The Maha Bodhi: Volume 72 published by the Maha Bodhi Society of India, which seems to contain issues from throughout 1964 http://books.google.com/books?id=YpsfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22volume+72%22#search_anchor.<br>A number of phrases in the quote are similar to phrases in Einstein's "Religion and Science". Comparing the version of the quote in The Theosophist to the version of "Religion and Science" published in 1930, "a cosmic religion" in the first resembles "the cosmic religious sense" in the second; "transcend a personal God" resembles "does not involve an anthropomorphic idea of God"; "covering both the natural and the spiritual" resembles "revealed in nature and in the world of thought"; "the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" resembles "experience the totality of existence as a unity full of significance"; and "Buddhism answers this description" resembles "The cosmic element is much stronger in Buddhism". These phrases appear in the same order in both cases, and the ones from "Religion and Science" are all from a single paragraph of the essay. <br class="br">Context: Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Remarks at "Loyola College Alumni Banquet, Baltimore, Maryland (18 February 1958) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx; Box 899, Senate Speech Files, John F. Kennedy Papers, Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library <br class="br">Pre-1960
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Letter to Besso's family (March 1955) following the death of Michele Besso, as quoted in Disturbing the Universe (1979) by Freeman Dyson Ch. 17 "A Distant Mirror", p. 193 <br class="br">Sometimes misquoted as "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Variant: "He has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. For us believing physicists, the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubborn illusion." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (2008), p. 540 http://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA540#v=onepage&q&f=false. <br class="br">Variant: "Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That signifies nothing. For us believing physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Quoted in Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind by Tabatha Yeatts (2007), p. 116 http://books.google.com/books?id=XiyyVYvQBKQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT114#v=onepage&q&f=false. <br class="br">Variant: "In quitting this strange world he has once again preceded me by a little. That doesn't mean anything. For those of us who believe in physics, this separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however tenacious." Quoted in The Structure of Physics by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1985), p. 288 http://books.google.com/books?id=DeexONN0zDgC&lpg=PR2&pg=PA288#v=onepage&q&f=false. <br class="br">Variant: "Now he has departed a little ahead of me from this quaint world. This means nothing. For us faithful physicists, the separation between past, present, and future has only the meaning of an illusion, though a persistent one." Quoted in Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer (2002), p. 161 http://books.google.com/books?id=TnCc1f1C25IC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=false. <br class="br">Variant: "Now he has preceded me by a little bit in his departure from this strange world as well. This means nothing. For those of us who believe in physics, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however tenacious this illusion may be." Quoted in Einstein: A Biography by Jürgen Neff (2007), p. 402 http://books.google.com/books?id=B8K6n177ZwcC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA402#v=onepage&q&f=false
“Tell the world what scares you most. Save the world with some advice from the future.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
Terry Tempest Williams (1955) American writer
Source: Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert
“Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
“The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Victor Hugo book Les Misérables
Variant: The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.
Source: Les Misérables
“For the future of the earth, We shall fight for it ~Nyan!~”
Mia Ikumi (1979) Japanese manga artist
Source: Tokyo Mew Mew, Vol. 1
“Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of you future. You will never be the same.”
Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer
Variant: We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
Source: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams Reaching Your Destiny
“It was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship.”
Naomi Shihab Nye (1952) American writer
Source: There Is No Long Distance Now
“The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.”
Steve Aylett (1967) English satirical author
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Simon to Clary, pg. 217
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
“Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.”
Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer
Source: Dark Days
“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
Regina Doman (1970) American writer
Source: The Shadow of the Bear
“Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist
Attributed
Source: As quoted in The Book of Positive Quotations (2007) by John Cook, p. 548
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet
Hyperion http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5436, Bk. IV, Ch. 8 (1839).
“The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.”
Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero
Source: The Lost Hero
“When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.”
Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013) American author and egyptologist
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Context: You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.
Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.
“You aren't your past, you are probability of your future.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“Don't stop doing what you love.
Don't let your future be ruined by a bunch of loony sand monkeys.”
Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist
Source: Second Helpings
“Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
“Create your future from your future, not your past.”
Jack Canfield (1944) American writer
The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“One way to pick a future is to believe it’s inevitable.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Source: One
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
Graham Greene book The Power and the Glory
Pt. I, ch. 1
The Power and the Glory (1940)
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (1984) Novelist
Source: The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“The future is no more uncertain than the present.”
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
“Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours”
Rodman Philbrick book The Last Book in the Universe
Source: The Last Book in the Universe
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
As quoted in The Making of Kubrick's 2001 (1970) by Jerome Agel, p. 300
1970s
Context: One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Two-thirds of 2001 is realistic — hardware and technology — to establish background for the metaphysical, philosophical, and religious meanings later.
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach
The earliest citations of this proverb, from the mid-twentieth century, refer to it as Danish in origin. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/20/no-predict/
Disputed, Misattributed
“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
“Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers.”
Douglas Coupland book Girlfriend in a Coma
Source: Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
“Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!”
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“The problem about the future is that it keeps turning into the present.”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist