Present Quotes

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Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive. — Leon Battista Alberti
I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want… — Kabir Bedi
Word is murder of a thing, not only in the elementary sense of implying its absence - by naming a thing, we treat it as… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our… — Bainbridge Colby
As Einstein himself pointed out. He said weâ€™re like people in a boat without oars drifting along a winding river. Around us we see only… — Jack Finney
Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In… — Mireille Guiliano
The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to the screen of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil… — Harri Holkeri
The future is beyond knowing, but the present is beyond belief. — William Irwin Thompson
We all lie to each other, present some sort of front. — Mary Wesley
There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade
The way we understand both our present and our future depends on what we have lived through. — Xinran
During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me. I… — John Nelson Darby
On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. — Zebulon Pike
Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. — George Saintsbury
Love is a choice â€” not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guide.… — Carter Heyward
The only way to change the future is to change the present. — Seohyun
Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop. — KatÃ³ Lomb
It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception. — Joe Orton
I think the inflation prospects for the U.S. over the next five or six, seven years, are quite serious. You cannot have a bumper crop… — Arthur Laffer

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