--- title: "31 Pasts Quotes by 27 authors" description: "Browse 31 Pasts quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Pasts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/brittany-cavallaro-22338_time_i-d-prefer-to-think-that-we-aren-t-all-s_1887719.jpg" --- > [“I'd prefer to think that we aren't all so mercilessly bound to our pasts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-cavallaro/i-d-prefer-to-think-that-we-aren-t-all-so-mercilessly-bound-to-our/) [Brittany Cavallaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittany-cavallaro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/brittany-cavallaro-22338_time_i-d-prefer-to-think-that-we-aren-t-all-s_1887719.jpg) > [Sometimes, people with the worst pasts can create the best futures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewshycrazyness/sometimes-people-with-the-worst-pasts-can-create-the-best-futures/) [EwshyCrazyness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewshycrazyness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/ewshycrazyness-7486_fighting_sometimes-people-with-the-worst-pasts-ca_1685786.jpg) > [If you leave, we lose and our pasts win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/if-you-leave-we-lose-and-our-pasts-win/) [Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/sylvia-day-563_football_if-you-leave-we-lose-and-our-pasts-win-5_562554.png) > [Women with pasts interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-west/women-with-pasts-interest-men-because-men-hope-that-history-will/) [Mae West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/mae-west-1200_history_women-with-pasts-interest-men-because-me_2538260.jpg) > [“We all have pasts that haunt us, Mr. McLeod.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-flightner/we-all-have-pasts-that-haunt-us-mr-mcleod/) [Ramona Flightner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-flightner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/ramona-flightner-67786_time_we-all-have-pasts-that-haunt-us-mr-mcleo_1949461.jpg) > [We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-bertinelli/we-all-have-our-painful-pasts-we-have-to-get-through/) [Valerie Bertinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-bertinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/valerie-bertinelli-16853_painful_we-all-have-our-painful-pasts-we-have-to_681819.jpg) > [The future is more beautiful than all the pasts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/the-future-is-more-beautiful-than-all-the-pasts/) [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-134_beautiful_the-future-is-more-beautiful-than-all-th_1721598.jpg) > [Americans have no past, so they buy the pasts of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-luc-godard/americans-have-no-past-so-they-buy-the-pasts-of-others/) [Jean-Luc Godard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-luc-godard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/jean-luc-godard-2128_americans_americans-have-no-past-so-they-buy-the-p_828736.jpg) > [My burden is my past as a TV star. But, you know, pasts cannot be a life sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ksenia-sobchak/my-burden-is-my-past-as-a-tv-star-but-you-know-pasts-cannot-be-a-life/) [Ksenia Sobchak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ksenia-sobchak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/ksenia-sobchak-7089_burden_my-burden-is-my-past-as-a-tv-star-but-yo_1145984.jpg) > [The lessons of the pasts are meant to create a better future, not to chain us all to re-live and re-create a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-lessons-of-the-pasts-are-meant-to-create-a-better-future-not-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/anonymous-1_better-future_the-lessons-of-the-pasts-are-meant-to-cr_661044.jpg) > [“we’ve been defined by our pasts. Everyone is, but I just think some souls can take more than others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-remington/we-ve-been-defined-by-our-pasts-everyone-is-but-i-just-think-some/) [Jake Remington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-remington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/jake-remington-31620_spirituality_we-ve-been-defined-by-our-pasts-everyone_1071794.jpg) > [“We can accept and embrace our pasts as part of the path that shaped who we are now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-leigh-mercree/we-can-accept-and-embrace-our-pasts-as-part-of-the-path-that-shaped/) [Amy Leigh Mercree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-leigh-mercree/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/amy-leigh-mercree-848_acceptance_we-can-accept-and-embrace-our-pasts-as-p_1226460.jpg) > [That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-marion/that-s-why-we-have-memory-and-the-opposite-of-memory-hope-so-things/) [Isaac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-marion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/isaac-marion-1033_gone_that-s-why-we-have-memory-and-the-opposi_2903495.png) > [“We remember the pains of our pasts, so we don't make the same mistakes in our futures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-archambault/we-remember-the-pains-of-our-pasts-so-we-don-t-make-the-same-mistakes/) [Michael Archambault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-archambault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/michael-archambault-262493_remember_we-remember-the-pains-of-our-pasts-so-we_123247.jpg) > [“From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-a-hughes/from-key-signature-to-coda-from-downbeat-to-the-sound-of-life-s-final/) [Jamie A. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-a-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/jamie-a-hughes-91647_life_from-key-signature-to-coda-from-downbeat_1993596.jpg) > [“We’re grown-ups, sugar. We all have pasts. I bet even you do. But those don’t much matter compared to the present, right?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-re-grown-ups-sugar-we-all-have-pasts-i-bet-even-you-do-but-those/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/anonymous-1_past_we-re-grown-ups-sugar-we-all-have-pasts_508007.jpg) > [“For better or worse, our pasts and experiences are what define us. But they don’t have to rule us. In time, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/for-better-or-worse-our-pasts-and-experiences-are-what-define-us-but/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/sherrilyn-kenyon-25_born-of-silence_for-better-or-worse-our-pasts-and-experi_1142669.jpg) > [“The world tells us that our pasts define us, trapping us, isolating us and giving us little hope for change or betterment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-m-mcnamara/the-world-tells-us-that-our-pasts-define-us-trapping-us-isolating-us/) [Shawn M Mcnamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-m-mcnamara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/shawn-m-mcnamara-277644_change_the-world-tells-us-that-our-pasts-define_2890262.jpg) > [“Our pasts shape us,Sam.None of us the person he or she used to be,it's true, but what we are still contains a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovegrove/our-pasts-shape-us-sam-none-of-us-the-person-he-or-she-used-to-be-it/) [James Lovegrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovegrove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/james-lovegrove-35750_life_our-pasts-shape-us-sam-none-of-us-the-pe_2108486.jpg) > [“Old places fire the internal weather of our pasts. The mild winds, aching calms, and hard storms of forgotten emotions return to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/old-places-fire-the-internal-weather-of-our-pasts-the-mild-winds/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/siri-hustvedt-860_old-places_old-places-fire-the-internal-weather-of_2546189.jpg) > [“My mom used to say that’s why we have memory. And the opposite of memory—hope. So things that are gone can still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-marion/my-mom-used-to-say-that-s-why-we-have-memory-and-the-opposite-of/) [Isaac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-marion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/isaac-marion-1033_hope_my-mom-used-to-say-that-s-why-we-have-me_2719537.png) > [We always hear stories about the pasts about the girls or guys we go for. We always do some sort research on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mccarty/we-always-hear-stories-about-the-pasts-about-the-girls-or-guys-we-go/) [Kevin McCarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-mccarty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/kevin-mccarty-374_crush_we-always-hear-stories-about-the-pasts-a_3066358.jpg) > [You should not look at what the person used to do, rather you should look at what kind of person they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-taymiyyah/you-should-not-look-at-what-the-person-used-to-do-rather-you-should/) [Ibn Taymiyyah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-taymiyyah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/ibn-taymiyyah-12823_clay_you-should-not-look-at-what-the-person-u_1402520.jpg) > [Some of my best friends here in New York have pasts I have a hard time reconciling with the people I'm close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-blasberg/some-of-my-best-friends-here-in-new-york-have-pasts-i-have-a-hard/) [Derek Blasberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-blasberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/derek-blasberg-20510_anything_some-of-my-best-friends-here-in-new-york_3061488.jpg) > [“We should kill our pasts with each passing day. Blot them out, so that they will not hurt. Each present day could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/me-a-selimovi/we-should-kill-our-pasts-with-each-passing-day-blot-them-out-so-that/) [Meša Selimović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/me-a-selimovi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/me-a-selimovi-1747_life_we-should-kill-our-pasts-with-each-passi_245953.jpg) > [“In all memory there is a degree of fallenness; we are all exiles from our own pasts, just as, on looking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/in-all-memory-there-is-a-degree-of-fallenness-we-are-all-exiles-from/) [John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/john-lanchester-2601_books_in-all-memory-there-is-a-degree-of-falle_1063339.png) > [“Even the good things from our pasts still only belonged in the past”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cora-carmack/even-the-good-things-from-our-pasts-still-only-belonged-in-the-past/) [Cora Carmack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cora-carmack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/cora-carmack-1423_good-thing_even-the-good-things-from-our-pasts-stil_2309249.jpg) > [Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-west/women-with-pasts-interest-men-because-they-hope-history-will-repeat/) [Mae West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/mae-west-1200_funny_women-with-pasts-interest-men-because-th_1008971.jpg) > [“People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-donald/people-don-t-get-to-our-ages-without-having-pasts-i-m-more-interested/) [Robyn Donald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-donald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/robyn-donald-73465_future_people-don-t-get-to-our-ages-without-hav_3131854.jpg) > [We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-are-all-affected-by-our-pasts-but-it-is-within-our-power-not-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/anonymous-1_done_we-are-all-affected-by-our-pasts-but-it_2148583.jpg) > [“People have all sorts of pasts, sometimes dark or dreary, but perhaps the actions they choose in the present are the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-bowman/people-have-all-sorts-of-pasts-sometimes-dark-or-dreary-but-perhaps/) [Erin Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-bowman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/erin-bowman-34604_time_people-have-all-sorts-of-pasts-sometimes_3151612.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pasts/#itemlist", "name": "Pasts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'd prefer to think that we aren't all so mercilessly bound to our pasts.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brittany Cavallaro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-cavallaro/i-d-prefer-to-think-that-we-aren-t-all-so-mercilessly-bound-to-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/brittany-cavallaro-22338_time_i-d-prefer-to-think-that-we-aren-t-all-s_1887719.jpg", "contentUrl": 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