--- title: "7 Concerned Past Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Concerned Past quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Concerned Past sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/vaclav-klaus-12549_concern_my-main-concern-is-the-political-dimensi_58784.jpg" --- > [My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-klaus/my-main-concern-is-the-political-dimension-of-european-integration/) [Vaclav Klaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-klaus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/vaclav-klaus-12549_concern_my-main-concern-is-the-political-dimensi_58784.jpg) > [Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-whitehorn/filing-is-concerned-with-the-past-anything-you-actually-need-to-see/) [Katharine Whitehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-whitehorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/katharine-whitehorn-12429_concerned_filing-is-concerned-with-the-past-anythi_233339.png) > [The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-humans-were-protecting-their-heritage-or-so-they-thought-strange/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/anonymous-1_concerned_the-humans-were-protecting-their-heritag_1120143.jpg) > [I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs which show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhumibol-adulyadej/i-am-concerned-because-even-in-the-past-two-years-that-were-the/) [Bhumibol Adulyadej](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhumibol-adulyadej/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/bhumibol-adulyadej-29220_areas_i-am-concerned-because-even-in-the-past_1393979.png) > [God's never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/god-s-never-as-nervous-about-our-future-or-as-concerned-about-our/) [Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/bob-goff-1182_anxiety_god-s-never-as-nervous-about-our-future_1657331.png) > [The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/the-critics-don-t-interest-me-because-they-re-concerned-with-what-s/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/aldous-huxley-97_concerned_the-critics-don-t-interest-me-because-th_1781576.jpg) > [“But race in the United States is not a tidy matter. Only three of the submitted pieces explicitly referenced the future. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesmyn-ward/but-race-in-the-united-states-is-not-a-tidy-matter-only-three-of-the/) [Jesmyn Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesmyn-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/jesmyn-ward-1426_african-americans_but-race-in-the-united-states-is-not-a-t_1840577.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concerned-past/#itemlist", "name": "Concerned Past Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far as I'm concerned. 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