Past Tense Quotes

34 quotes by 33 authors

As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say, 'Where did we come from,… — Margaret Atwood
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense. — George Ade
What libraries give you is all three tenses - the past tense - the present tense in which we live and the future that we… — Pete Hamill
"Never speak of me in the past tense". My presence here will be many times greater without the burden of my tortured body. — Rajneesh
I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense. — Casey Stengel
Try to find the real tense of the report you are reading: Was it done, is it being done, or is something to be done?… — Amrom Harry Katz
The One who lives outside of time invites you into a reality that is informed by His perfect plans to give you hope and a… — Steven Furtick
The only pleasure of endurance is its past tense. — Wes Fesler
In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus… — Kevin Systrom
If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is… — Erich von Stroheim
Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all. — Ken Kesey
...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret… — Mary Doria Russell
Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is… — Charles Bukowski
Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. — Sarah Dessen
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him… — James Joyce
Oh, God, Alaska, I love you. I love you,' and the Colonel whispered, 'I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did,' and I said, 'No.… — John Green
But why would it matter? We aren't ... or...uh...weren't ..." Which is it, Jess? "Aren't" or "weren't"? Present or past tense? Now or then? "We… — Megan McCafferty
This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone.… — Sarah Dessen
She was--I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is--one of those people who, at first sight, look plain, are quiet, unassertive,… — Aidan Chambers
He was already looking at their relationship through the lens of the past tense. It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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