« All Present Quotes · John F. Kennedy's Page
Present Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the…
- The present tax codes inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax…
- But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent,…
- I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our…
- The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
- It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to the Congress. At…
- Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept…
- There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not…
- The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
- For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the…
- The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans…
- For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past, or the…
More Present Quotes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. — Roger Babson
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon