Future Quotes - page 4

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you. (Tennessee Williams)
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.
Thornton Wilder
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
Charles Lindbergh
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
Alfred North Whitehead
If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system?
Joseph Stiglitz
I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.
Andrew Wiles
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Jane Goodall
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?
Emil Cioran
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. (Maya Angelou)
I touch the future. I teach.
Christa McAuliffe
When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.
Dian Fossey
You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
Richard Bach
As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.
Indra Nooyi
The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
James Baldwin
I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
Oscar Wilde
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Adlai Stevenson II
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
George Orwell
We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.
Theodore Roosevelt
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. (Nicole Kidman)
The future is no place to place your better days.
Dave Matthews
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Ray Bradbury
Instead of striving to be right at high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.
Edward de Bono
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France