One lives in the world's memory only by what they have done in the world's behalf.
Your present is what you live, but your past is what you carry.
Sleep was a vehicle for passing the time, for avoiding the present. It was a trolley for the depressed, the impatient, and the dying.
Listening is a discipline. It’s all about being present at that moment in time.
A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.
It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
...the child trying not to appear as a child, of the strenuousness with which she tried to present the face of a convincing adult.
At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply.
It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.
I grew up in a community of theatre, and I always loved musicals. From a young age, the first present I ever wanted was a video camera. For me it was a great outlet to be creative.
I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.
I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and it's something that carries with me to this day.
The Fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility.
I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
I think with the whole new Internet media, I'm not necessarily Internet savvy, but I just feel that the way that art in general will be presented to the public is going to be different.
Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad.
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before.
We should kill the future, so the present has no choice but to retreat into the past.
