The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“All I’m saying is that the past is nothing but a springboard for the future.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Most people hold onto what could happen instead of what's really happening. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
The Iron Curtain may be a thing of the past, but Mother Russia is as mysterious as ever. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
“Remembering something from the past? you are creating it right now as evidence for who you are now.” — Frederick Dodson Copy Share Image
Every time I see him all cool, calm and collected, I lose my breath, my heart starts pounding, and I'm painfully aware… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I keep seeing my own face on the street and I keep laughing at it. Walking past adverts and laughing... which is… — Tom Rosenthal Copy Share Image
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. — Abhishek Shukla Copy Share Image
Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way. — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
They [photographs] teach you about your own unraveling past, or about the immediacy of yesterday. They show you what you look at.… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that same amount… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I had ancestors who were slave-holders, which is a difficult piece of family history to say the least. In a recent New… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Born Losers is a beautiful piece of writing. Scott Sandage is history's Dickens; his bleak house, the late nineteenth century world of… — William S. McFeely Copy Share Image
Once a man's will is set, he need no longer rely on others or expect anything from the world. His vision encompasses… — Yoshida Shoin Copy Share Image
In the past, if I was in the middle of a situation involving my personal life, I was always keeping it to… — Alberto Del Rio Copy Share Image
...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image