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title: "35 Near Future Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Near Future quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Near Future sayings and thoughts."
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> [I see a new me in the near future!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-see-a-new-me-in-the-near-future/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/i-don-t-think-we-re-going-to-see-the-price-of-oil-going-down-in-the/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [So in the near future, two or three years, people in Kyrgyzstan will experience a better life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurmanbek-bakiyev/so-in-the-near-future-two-or-three-years-people-in-kyrgyzstan-will/)

[Kurmanbek Bakiyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurmanbek-bakiyev/)

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> [“Someone in the near future, I pray that my faith will carry me pass what I can physically see right in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-h-graham-2012/someone-in-the-near-future-i-pray-that-my-faith-will-carry-me-pass/)

[Patricia H. Graham -2012](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-h-graham-2012/)

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> [Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/our-goal-is-to-work-against-things-we-have-not-seen-that-we-will-see/)

[Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/)

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> [“she just made it very clear I won’t be fucking her anytime in the near future, but still, I want only her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-jamie/she-just-made-it-very-clear-i-won-t-be-fucking-her-anytime-in-the/)

[Danielle Jamie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-jamie/)

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> [Sometime in the near future, I pray that my faith can surpass the physical reality that appears in front of me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-graham/sometime-in-the-near-future-i-pray-that-my-faith-can-surpass-the/)

[Patricia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-graham/)

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> [Email cannot die in the near future because of its universal acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiva-ayyadurai/email-cannot-die-in-the-near-future-because-of-its-universal/)

[Shiva Ayyadurai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiva-ayyadurai/)

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> [I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-lerner/i-like-to-think-readers-appreciate-a-well-drawn-near-future-as-well/)

[Edward M. Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-lerner/)

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> [We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/we-are-hopeful-that-you-will-want-to-visit-our-planet-in-the-near/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

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> [I don't know why, but American sci-fi writers seem to focus on the near-future, which has given us Brits a clear run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/i-don-t-know-why-but-american-sci-fi-writers-seem-to-focus-on-the/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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> [“More than ever, we are dealing with the history of the masses, and no history of individuals. Less than ever, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-i-shingarev/more-than-ever-we-are-dealing-with-the-history-of-the-masses-and-no/)

[Andrei I. Shingarev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-i-shingarev/)

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> [My garments shouldn't be here, I'm somewhere near the future. As far as being hard, I feel I'm somewhere near Medusa and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/my-garments-shouldn-t-be-here-i-m-somewhere-near-the-future-as-far-as/)

[Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/)

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> [Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-aldrin/anything-we-can-do-in-the-near-future-that-begins-to-stimulate-the/)

[Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-aldrin/)

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> [A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-lerner/a-funny-thing-about-near-future-stories-the-future-catches-up-to-them/)

[Edward M. Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-lerner/)

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> [Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/imagine-as-realistically-as-possible-the-place-where-you-want-to-be/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, "Well, yeah, that could really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nighy/i-love-imaginative-representations-of-a-possible-near-future-where/)

[Bill Nighy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nighy/)

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> [I've tended to find that myths of the near future give people the ability to really kind of explore the present, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-ve-tended-to-find-that-myths-of-the-near-future-give-people-the/)

[DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/)

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> [I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-see-in-the-near-future-a-crisis-approaching-that-unnerves-me-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Never mistake a clearer view for a short distance just because the technology looks like it's about to arrive in the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-saffo/never-mistake-a-clearer-view-for-a-short-distance-just-because-the/)

[Paul Saffo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-saffo/)

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> [There is a potential to be a big explosion of what spaceflight is gonna mean to just an everyday person in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-whitson/there-is-a-potential-to-be-a-big-explosion-of-what-spaceflight-is/)

[Peggy Whitson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-whitson/)

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> [Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/further-devastation-of-the-air-land-and-sea-is-obviously-a-very-real/)

[Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/)

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> [The reason I'm interested in alternative worlds and near-future settings is that it allows us to look at our own limitations in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-phang/the-reason-i-m-interested-in-alternative-worlds-and-near-future/)

[Jennifer Phang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-phang/)

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> [I believe in the near future we will 3D print our buildings and houses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neri-oxman/i-believe-in-the-near-future-we-will-3d-print-our-buildings-and-houses/)

[Neri Oxman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neri-oxman/)

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> [Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/most-near-future-fictions-are-boring-it-s-always-dark-and-always/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [In the near future, we'll have games that don't depend on any platform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hideo-kojima/in-the-near-future-we-ll-have-games-that-don-t-depend-on-any-platform/)

[Hideo Kojima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hideo-kojima/)

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> [What I've learned during my life is that the near future is 90% identical to the present - if you buy a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/what-i-ve-learned-during-my-life-is-that-the-near-future-is-90/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

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> [Not letting your past go will not drive your present into the future with you. But simply make him/her another piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-johnson/not-letting-your-past-go-will-not-drive-your-present-into-the-future/)

[Bradley Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-johnson/)

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> [I do think that in the near future, if it hasn't happened already, people will be able to use technology to design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/i-do-think-that-in-the-near-future-if-it-hasn-t-happened-already/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

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> [You know that you're learning from the past if you're productive on the present and you're seeing yourself successful in the near…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-that-you-re-learning-from-the-past-if-you-re-productive-on/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Here's a near-future space adventure that's as frightening as it is smart. Jeremy Robinson's BENEATH is packed with believable tech, a page-turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-hutchins/here-s-a-near-future-space-adventure-that-s-as-frightening-as-it-is/)

[J. C. Hutchins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-hutchins/)

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> [I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-niven/i-d-visit-the-near-future-close-enough-that-someone-might-want-to/)

[Larry Niven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-niven/)

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> [A contemporary or near-future book is much harder because you can't fake the facts. There are people alive who know much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/a-contemporary-or-near-future-book-is-much-harder-because-you-can-t/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

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> [In the very near future, and I stress this important point, it will no longer be war that is the continuation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/in-the-very-near-future-and-i-stress-this-important-point-it-will-no/)

[Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/)

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> [Life makes little sense, and the more we grow the less sense it will make. So make the most of it now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-makes-little-sense-and-the-more-we-grow-the-less-sense-it-will/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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