--- title: "6 Understanding Future Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Understanding Future quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Understanding Future sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/matthew-weiner-12881_driven_my-life-philosophy-and-personality-has-b_539444.jpg" --- > [My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/my-life-philosophy-and-personality-has-been-driven-by-the-fact-that-i/) [Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/matthew-weiner-12881_driven_my-life-philosophy-and-personality-has-b_539444.jpg) > [“Asa had a sharp understanding of the future--that is, a time when this would be past. Time was rushing through and around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-kaysen/asa-had-a-sharp-understanding-of-the-future-that-is-a-time-when-this/) [Susanna Kaysen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-kaysen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/susanna-kaysen-3041_future_asa-had-a-sharp-understanding-of-the-fut_648923.png) > [The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-dixon/the-key-to-understanding-the-future-is-one-word-sustainability/) [Patrick Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-dixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/patrick-dixon-18818_climate_the-key-to-understanding-the-future-is-o_1401410.png) > [Lots of folks still do watch TV, but I think understanding the future of politics means understanding where folks' attention is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-soltis-anderson/lots-of-folks-still-do-watch-tv-but-i-think-understanding-the-future/) [Kristen Soltis Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-soltis-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/kristen-soltis-anderson-6544_future_lots-of-folks-still-do-watch-tv-but-i-th_1705693.jpg) > [“that the wars of the past were slowly being forgotten. Shea believed that one could turn his back on the past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-brooks/that-the-wars-of-the-past-were-slowly-being-forgotten-shea-believed/) [Terry Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/terry-brooks-3252_time_that-the-wars-of-the-past-were-slowly-be_2579731.png) > [We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-pike/we-re-not-gods-julia-we-re-helpers-that-s-all-people-have-called-us/) [Christopher Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-pike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/christopher-pike-3399_ability_we-re-not-gods-julia-we-re-helpers-that_3093101.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understanding-future/#itemlist", "name": "Understanding Future Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I am in this moment. 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