“When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.”

Source: Moth Smoke

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain." by Mohsin Hamid?
Mohsin Hamid photo
Mohsin Hamid 17
Pakistani novelist 1971

Related quotes

Benjamin Graham photo

“The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain.”

Benjamin Graham (1894–1976) American investor

Part III, Chapter X, The Status of Gold and Silver, p. 127
Storage and Stability (1937)

Albert Einstein photo

“Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“It is obvious: The past was once the future and the future will become the past.”

Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

“The past is… much more uncertain—or even falsely reported—than is usually recognized.”

Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist

Preface
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

Tennessee Williams photo
Brandon Sanderson photo
Patrick Dixon photo

“Never has the future become so rapidly the past.”

Futurewise (1998)

Jim Morrison photo
Walt Whitman photo

“The future is no more uncertain than the present.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Haruki Murakami photo

Related topics