Quotes of: Present-tense Keyword

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

Kenneth L. Pike

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

Ambrose Bierce

Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.

Billy Graham

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

Stephen Ambrose

As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

Norman Foster

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Samuel Butler

The infinite God can not by us, in the present limitation of our faculties, be comprehended or conceived.

William Hamilton

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.

John B. S. Haldane

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

John P. Kotter

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Ruth Benedict

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

Arnold H. Glasow

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

Antoine Rivarol

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Alan Watts

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Bil Keane

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

David Antin

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.

Douglas Coupland

I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is.

Dhani Jones

Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.

Donella Meadows

Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.

Donatella Versace