Quotes About Past

and more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me?

I think of Josie's theory that it's all interrelated, that it all goes back to that night in December, all of our decisions and dreams and mistakes from the past inextricably linked.

Although too much time has gone by to miss her, I feel regret that I didn't maintain our friendship. Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.

I have tried to use memory and invention together, like two hands engaged in the same muddy work of digging up the past.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened

Ah, yes, the trusty time paradox . If I go back in time and kill my grandfather, then shall I cease to exist? I believe, as Gorben and Berndt did, that any repercussions are already being felt. We can only change the future, not the past or present. If I go back, then I have already been back. - Artemis Fowl

The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud People seemed more concerned about the past than the present.

Strange that mud people were more concerned about the past than the present.

Wisdom is a large and spacious thing. It needs plenty of free room. One must learn about things divine and human, the past and the future, the ephemeral and the eternal; and one must learn about Time.

Kreb vergisst nie die Friedhöfe, wo er beerdigt worden ist.

People instinctively turn to the past to understand the present. But the questions the historian asks are given to him or her by the world they live in.

Reconstruction revisionism arose in tandem with and provided a usable past for the civil rights movement. More than most historical subjects, Reconstruction history matters. Whatever the ebb and flow of historical interpretations, I hope we never lose sight of the fact that something very important for the future of our society was taking place during Reconstruction.

O domínio do passado não implica em uma imagem de imobilidade social. É compatível com visões cíclicas de mudança histórica, e certamente com a regressão e a catástrofe (ou seja, o fracasso em reproduzir o passado). É incompatível com a ideia de progesso contínuo.

The liberal sees the present as the legitimate offspring of the past and as constantly growing and developing toward an improved future: to damage the present is to maim the future. All three then cherish the present, and, as one would expect, they do not take willingly to the idea of self-sacrifice.

Nasza przesz?o?? ma taki ci??ar, jaki jej nadamy; refleksja i praca pozwalaj? uczyni? j? lekk?.

W przeciwieÅ"stwie do Europejczyków, którzy zachowujÄ… galloromaÅ"skie ruiny w sercu swoich metropolii, lecz zapominaja o Senece i odwiedzajÄ… katedry, cho? odstÄ™pujÄ… od chrzeÅ›cijaÅ"stwa, ChiÅ"czycy nie lokujÄ… swojej kultury w kamieniach. Tutaj przeszÅ'o?? stanowiÅ'a tera?niejszo?? ducha, nie odcisk w skale.

Hanya ada satu kepastian, yaitu kepastian tentang masa lampau. Sedangkan tentang masa depan, yang ada hanyalah kepastian tentang kematian

Too many roads leading him back to a woman whose past frightened him almost as much as it intrigued him.

Sometimes I wonder if we can ever really overcome the past. It's what makes us who we are. One small thing done differently and we become someone else. It's like the butterfly effect. One moment can change history. One decision can change everything.

Someone had once told him that the past, more than DNA or fingerprints, was what made each human being unique.

Important as history is, reasoning has to go beyond the past.

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.

We teach history to instill in new generations the values of patriotism, citizenship, and love of country, but sometimes we must also remember that we teach history so that we can liberate ourselves from the past.

This ONLY is denied God The power to undo the past.