Quotes of: Forget-the-past Keyword

But however minimal, however threadbare, it (collective memory) is ballast of a kind. We all need that seven-eighths of the iceberg, the ballast of the past, a general past, the place from which we came. That is why history should be taught in school...

Penelope Lively

The past is not another country; it is another life. The texture of daily living is different now than in the past, more different the further back we look, until we find people whose experiences created a psychology we might find baffling or rude. M...

Scott Herring

Ferrari: How odd, Borges, it seems that we are talking constantly through memory. Sometimes, our conversations remind me of a dialogue between two memories. Borges: In fact, that’s what it is. If we are something, we are our past, aren’t we? Our ...

Jorge Luis Borges

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Laurence J. Peter

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

Kahlil Gibran

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

Jonathan Larson

Betrayals that make your soul scream so loud you wonder why no one else hears it. In the end, we are all alone in that private hell. But life isn't about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting the past. It's about learning to forgi...

Sherrilyn Kenyon

When you see recurring problems, the methods you’ve used successfully in the past have to be reevaluated.

Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious.

On the Concept of History

You know that old phrase ‘Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it’? Well, I think those who remember the past are even worse off.

Choke

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.

The Cat Past and Present

…everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present and plan properly for the future.

Davita's Harp

Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

Frequently we do not leave the past behind. We clasp on to it. We dissect it, and let fears for the future, tempered by the past, unconsciously prevent us from taking up the task eternal.

Exploring Celtic Spirituality

Since I had a soft spot for zombies and my curiosity was killing me, I opted for plan Z.

Fifth Grave Past the Light

Everyone’s past has ways of sneaking up on them. You just have to be in a place in the present that you’re strong enough to deal with when your past comes to visit.

Heart Breaths

He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed.

Home Front

Karma's a bitch with a broken heart. But she wears a smile on her face because she's the queen of revenge.

Hidden World: Past, Present and Future

In the past, only some of the males, but all of the females, were able to procreate. Equality is more natural for females.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.

Breakout Presentations: Wow! People in Business and Life

Whatever anyone does,/ anyone says, in the/ past, now, everything, let/ it bounce off the rock/ of yr gladness (yr mirror)

Book of Sketches