--- title: "16 Imagined Future Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Imagined Future quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Imagined Future sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/john-green-12_time_he-missed-his-imagined-future-2213665_2213665.jpg" --- > [He missed his imagined future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-missed-his-imagined-future/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/john-green-12_time_he-missed-his-imagined-future-2213665_2213665.jpg) > [“My imagined future and my personal identity collapsed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kalanithi/my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-identity-collapsed/) [Paul Kalanithi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kalanithi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/paul-kalanithi-5204_collapsed_my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-ident_280593.jpg) > [“He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-read-everything-in-which-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/neil-gaiman-29_books_he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-r_2842193.jpg) > [Fear is always the result of an unquestioned past imagined as a future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquestioned-past-imagined-as-a-future/) [Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/byron-katie-553_fear_fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquesti_582654.png) > [“He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened. He missed his imagined future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-missed-that-too-and-it-hadn-t-even-happened-he-missed-his-imagined/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/john-green-12_time_he-missed-that-too-and-it-hadn-t-even-ha_872580.jpg) > [Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/our-test-of-truth-is-a-reference-to-either-a-present-or-imagined/) [Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_favour_our-test-of-truth-is-a-reference-to-eith_2081306.png) > [In my time, we didn't know songs could last. All we ever thought of was next Tuesday. You never imagined a future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/in-my-time-we-didn-t-know-songs-could-last-all-we-ever-thought-of-was/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/donovan-5358_future_in-my-time-we-didn-t-know-songs-could-la_852092.jpg) > [It is youth’s felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/it-is-youth-s-felicity-as-well-as-its-insufficiency-that-it-can-never-2/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_felicity_it-is-youth-s-felicity-as-well-as-its-in_2502346.jpg) > [All we really have when we pretend to write about the future is the moment in which we are writing. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/all-we-really-have-when-we-pretend-to-write-about-the-future-is-the/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/william-gibson-642_cream_all-we-really-have-when-we-pretend-to-wr_1134023.png) > [“Chaol still didn’t know what to do about it, or what it meant for them, for the life he’d imagined for them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/chaol-still-didn-t-know-what-to-do-about-it-or-what-it-meant-for-them/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/sarah-j-maas-58_dreamed_chaol-still-didn-t-know-what-to-do-about_3037312.png) > [My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-k-vaughan/my-parents-grew-up-during-the-space-race-and-i-think-they-imagined/) [Brian K. Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-k-vaughan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/brian-k-vaughan-2421_bases_my-parents-grew-up-during-the-space-race_3084221.png) > [The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-is-usually-imagined-as-either-better-or-worse-than-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/eckhart-tolle-81_anticipation_the-future-is-usually-imagined-as-either_1433703.jpg) > [Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irina-shayk/actually-i-wanted-to-become-a-journalist-but-no-matter-who-i-imagined/) [Irina Shayk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irina-shayk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/irina-shayk-3698_destiny_actually-i-wanted-to-become-a-journalist_941963.jpg) > [Bod was thrilled. He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/bod-was-thrilled-he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-read/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/neil-gaiman-29_stories_bod-was-thrilled-he-imagined-a-future-in_2031890.jpg) > [“It is youth’s felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/it-is-youth-s-felicity-as-well-as-its-insufficiency-that-it-can-never/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_dreams_it-is-youth-s-felicity-as-well-as-its-in_1308482.jpg) > [“life had been building potential, potential that would now go unrealized. I had planned to do so much, and I had come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kalanithi/life-had-been-building-potential-potential-that-would-now-go/) [Paul Kalanithi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kalanithi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/paul-kalanithi-5204_cancer_life-had-been-building-potential-potenti_1750606.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagined-future/#itemlist", "name": "Imagined Future Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He missed his imagined future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-missed-his-imagined-future/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/john-green-12_time_he-missed-his-imagined-future-2213665_2213665.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/john-green-12_time_he-missed-his-imagined-future-2213665_2213665.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/john-green-12_time_he-missed-his-imagined-future-2213665_2213665.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He missed his imagined future.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My imagined future and my personal identity collapsed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Kalanithi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kalanithi/my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-identity-collapsed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/paul-kalanithi-5204_collapsed_my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-ident_280593.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/paul-kalanithi-5204_collapsed_my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-ident_280593.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/paul-kalanithi-5204_collapsed_my-imagined-future-and-my-personal-ident_280593.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My imagined future and my personal identity collapsed.” — Paul Kalanithi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-read-everything-in-which-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/neil-gaiman-29_books_he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-r_2842193.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/neil-gaiman-29_books_he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-r_2842193.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/neil-gaiman-29_books_he-imagined-a-future-in-which-he-could-r_2842193.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered.” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fear is always the result of an unquestioned past imagined as a future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Byron Katie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquestioned-past-imagined-as-a-future/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/byron-katie-553_fear_fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquesti_582654.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/byron-katie-553_fear_fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquesti_582654.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/byron-katie-553_fear_fear-is-always-the-result-of-an-unquesti_582654.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fear is always the result of an unquestioned past imagined as a future.” — Byron Katie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened. 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If the imagined future is better…” — Eckhart Tolle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. 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