Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of…

Every future turns into the past. The richness of your past dictates what you are today. It's not your decision what you are today,…

— Ruben Papian

“The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and…

— David McCullough

“The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.”

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past…

— Sarnath Banerjee

If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.

— Douglas Rushkoff

“Neuroscientists rarely have to grapple with the issue of presentism versus existentialism. But in practice, neuroscientists are implicitly presentists. They view the past, present,…

— Dean Buonomano

Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say…

— Eliot Spitzer

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures…

— Paul A. Volcker

The SEC got more than 100 rules to write under Dodd-Frank, the lion's share of all the agencies. And we've moved, I think, with…

— Mary Schapiro

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

— Jim Rohn

So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.

— Avi Lewis

There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that instrument has…

— Mura Masa

There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,…

— Marco Mendoza

“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not…

— Mitch Albom