--- title: "13 Past Matter Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Past Matter quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Past Matter sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jeff-bezos-1193_business_the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to_25859.jpg" --- > [The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to-glorify-the-past-no-matter/) [Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jeff-bezos-1193_business_the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to_25859.jpg) > [Scars are only broken ends of the past, and why does the past matter?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-and-why-does-the-past-matter/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/anonymous-1_being_scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-a_485063.jpg) > [I just don't see why the past has to matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-matter/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/cassandra-clare-9_just_i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-mat_403992.jpg) > [I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-ve-got-news-for-mr-santayana-we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/kurt-vonnegut-41_alive_i-ve-got-news-for-mr-santayana-we-re-doo_2455735.jpg) > [I'm not the same person I used to be. Good or Bad get used to it, because it's someone I love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livefree2dream44/i-m-not-the-same-person-i-used-to-be-good-or-bad-get-used-to-it/) [Livefree2dream44](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livefree2dream44/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/livefree2dream44-16175_attitude_i-m-not-the-same-person-i-used-to-be-goo_241218.jpg) > [To get over the past, you need to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhishek-tiwari/to-get-over-the-past-you-need-to-accept-that-the-past-is-over-no/) [Abhishek Tiwari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhishek-tiwari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/abhishek-tiwari-385_amazing-life_to-get-over-the-past-you-need-to-accept_227045.jpg) > [“Perhaps all the science-fiction stories he read about time travel when he was a teenager had it right: you can’t change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/perhaps-all-the-science-fiction-stories-he-read-about-time-travel/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/stephen-king-13_time_perhaps-all-the-science-fiction-stories_2997020.jpg) > [“I want the past back, no matter the cost. It doesn't matter that it won't come back, that it never even actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-want-the-past-back-no-matter-the-cost-it-doesn-t-matter-that-it-won/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/john-green-12_past_i-want-the-past-back-no-matter-the-cost_2315127.jpg) > [What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is-that-no-matter-what-has-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anonymous-1_depression_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_1537898.jpg) > [We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matter-what-that-s-what-it-is-to-2/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/kurt-vonnegut-41_alive_we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matte_764848.jpg) > [What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajay-sadh/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is-that-no-matter-what-has/) [AJay SADH](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajay-sadh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/ajay-sadh-101367_moment_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_600039.jpg) > [Let old problems remain where they belong in the past. No matter how many times you revisit the past, theres nothing new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate/let-old-problems-remain-where-they-belong-in-the-past-no-matter-how-2/) [Nate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/nate-946_mine_let-old-problems-remain-where-they-belon_2368350.jpg) > [Let old problems remain where they belong in the past. No matter how many times you revisit the past, there's nothing new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/let-old-problems-remain-where-they-belong-in-the-past-no-matter-how/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/melchor-lim-61_dont-look-back_let-old-problems-remain-where-they-belon_1327104.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-matter/#itemlist", "name": "Past Matter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bezos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to-glorify-the-past-no-matter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jeff-bezos-1193_business_the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to_25859.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jeff-bezos-1193_business_the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to_25859.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/jeff-bezos-1193_business_the-death-knell-for-any-enterprise-is-to_25859.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.” — Jeff Bezos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Scars are only broken ends of the past, and why does the past matter?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-and-why-does-the-past-matter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/anonymous-1_being_scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-a_485063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/anonymous-1_being_scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-a_485063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/anonymous-1_being_scars-are-only-broken-ends-of-the-past-a_485063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Scars are only broken ends of the past, and why does the past matter?” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just don't see why the past has to matter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cassandra Clare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-matter/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/cassandra-clare-9_just_i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-mat_403992.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/cassandra-clare-9_just_i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-mat_403992.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/cassandra-clare-9_just_i-just-don-t-see-why-the-past-has-to-mat_403992.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just don't see why the past has to matter.” — Cassandra Clare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. 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Unknown", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is-that-no-matter-what-has-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anonymous-1_depression_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_1537898.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anonymous-1_depression_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_1537898.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anonymous-1_depression_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_1537898.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten… Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kurt Vonnegut" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matter-what-that-s-what-it-is-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/kurt-vonnegut-41_alive_we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matte_764848.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/kurt-vonnegut-41_alive_we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matte_764848.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/kurt-vonnegut-41_alive_we-re-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-no-matte_764848.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. 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Right now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "AJay SADH" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajay-sadh/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is-that-no-matter-what-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/ajay-sadh-101367_moment_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_600039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/ajay-sadh-101367_moment_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_600039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/ajay-sadh-101367_moment_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-is_600039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to…” — AJay SADH", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let old problems remain where they belong in the past. 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