--- title: "12 Believed Future Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 12 Believed Future quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Believed Future sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/jonathan-safran-foer-136_future_my-greatest-regret-was-how-much-i-believ_1246856.png" --- > [“My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/my-greatest-regret-was-how-much-i-believed-in-the-future/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/jonathan-safran-foer-136_future_my-greatest-regret-was-how-much-i-believ_1246856.png) > [I regret how much I believed in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-regret-how-much-i-believed-in-the-future/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/jonathan-safran-foer-136_believed_i-regret-how-much-i-believed-in-the-futu_1364939.png) > [I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-rendell/i-ve-always-sort-of-believed-that-the-future-takes-care-of-itself/) [Ed Rendell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-rendell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/ed-rendell-13711_always_i-ve-always-sort-of-believed-that-the-fu_2074204.jpg) > [Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/why-didn-t-i-learn-to-treat-everything-like-it-was-the-last-time-my/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/jonathan-safran-foer-136_future_why-didn-t-i-learn-to-treat-everything-l_791688.png) > [I really believed in 2 Chainz, I really believed in Future, and I was going to the studio with them every single day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-will-made-it/i-really-believed-in-2-chainz-i-really-believed-in-future-and-i-was/) [Mike Will Made It](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-will-made-it/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/mike-will-made-it-6431_believed_i-really-believed-in-2-chainz-i-really-b_2444374.jpg) > [To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too-that history and tradition and hope could stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/to-marry-was-to-say-you-believed-in-the-future-and-in-the-past-too/) [Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/paula-mclain-3064_history_to-marry-was-to-say-you-believed-in-the_1092723.jpg) > [“Not everyone believed in marriage then. To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/not-everyone-believed-in-marriage-then-to-marry-was-to-say-you/) [Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/paula-mclain-3064_history_not-everyone-believed-in-marriage-then-t_1983775.jpg) > [Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-tierney/joe-schenck-a-top-20th-century-fox-executive-once-said-to-me-that-he/) [Gene Tierney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-tierney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/gene-tierney-7683_20th-century_joe-schenck-a-top-20th-century-fox-execu_268477.jpg) > [“And there was a time, you know, not so long ago, as recently as my own childhood in fact, when everyone believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-demille/and-there-was-a-time-you-know-not-so-long-ago-as-recently-as-my-own/) [Nelson DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-demille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/nelson-demille-3019_children_and-there-was-a-time-you-know-not-so-lon_706431.png) > [“The problem came down to this: Americans, who had invented the modern assembly line, the skyscraper, the airplane, and the integrated circuit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-problem-came-down-to-this-americans-who-had-invented-the-modern/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/george-packer-2917_americans_the-problem-came-down-to-this-americans_2252549.jpg) > [“I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time... ...why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-want-an-infinitely-blank-book-and-the-rest-of-time-why-didn-t-i/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/jonathan-safran-foer-136_book_i-want-an-infinitely-blank-book-and-the_1155772.png) > [“there are brief enchanted moments in history and in the short lives of men and women, there is wonder and there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-demille/there-are-brief-enchanted-moments-in-history-and-in-the-short-lives/) [Nelson DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-demille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/nelson-demille-3019_dreams_there-are-brief-enchanted-moments-in-his_1155677.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believed-future/#itemlist", "name": "Believed Future Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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