Present Quotes

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Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of… — John Adams
The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to… — Charles Baudelaire
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover… — L. Frank Baum
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I… — Martha Beck
Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable. — Martha Beck
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. — Berenice Abbott
Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves. — Halle Berry
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its… — Annie Besant
That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is… — Annie Besant
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. — Ambrose Bierce
I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn. — Juliette Binoche
The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country. — Bhumibol Adulyadej
Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. — Aeschylus
Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of… — Cate Blanchett
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. — Franz Boas
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by… — David R. Brower
I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That… — David R. Brower
Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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