“I want to denaturalize the present.”

“I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.”

Niki Lauda (1949–2019) Austrian former Formula 1 racing driver

“In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.”

Maya Angelou book Letter to My Daughter

“[…] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. […] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“It is not because I want to escape from the world and pursue nothingness.
But to know everyday life is within Dharma, and to live in the present is to practice.”

Richard Gombrich (1937) British Indologist

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”

Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher

“If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last
present you gave me was a stick.”
“You wanted a weapon.”
“It was a stick.”
“It had a bow on it.”
“It was a stick.”
“I thought you liked the stick. You laughed.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options”

Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

“Hearing him say it now, that is was my birthday present, touched me in the last place I wanted him to touch me. My heart.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer