Present Quotes

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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala.… — Adam Braun
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by… — Geraldine Brooks
If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. — Les Brown
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but… — Anatole Broyard
In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future,… — James Buchan
The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes… — Martin Van Buren
Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is… — William S. Burroughs
Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the… — Abdallah II
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. — Samuel Butler
Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God… — Lord Byron
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. — Benjamin Franklin
So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world… — James Cameron
So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social,… — Tony Campolo
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. — Albert Camus
But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness… — Donald Cargill
And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be my abode, or what employment… — Donald Cargill
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. — George Carlin
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. — Dale Carnegie
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to… — John le Carre
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought. — Dante Alighieri

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