Present Quotes

6568 Present quotes by 3495 unique authors

I'm no longer interested in making political films. There's something old-fashioned about them. Young people now don't care for politics. It isn't present in life… — Bernardo Bertolucci
Beware of writing to me. I always answer ... My father spent the last 20 years of his life writing letters. If someone thanked him… — Evelyn Waugh
There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present. — James Joyce
The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there… — Epicurus
In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive document,… — Paul Robeson
We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability… — Ban Ki-moon
Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be complacent. We continue… — Wangari Maathai
When you have half of Caironese in slums, when you don't have clean water, when you don't have a sewer system, when you don't have… — Mohamed ElBaradei
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film… — Akira Kurosawa
I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have. — Fernando Pessoa
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. — Rene Magritte
It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to… — Antonin Artaud
Everyone must concede that there is in existence something wiser than himself. Now there is a challenge, there is a challenge which few even investigate.… — Vernon Howard
Perhaps the efforts of the true poets, founders, religions, literatures, all ages, have been, and ever will be, our time and times to come, essentially… — Walt Whitman
Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no… — Alan Lightman
I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with… — Alex Rodriguez
There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action… — Nelson Mandela
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener… — Samuel Johnson
Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships with members of… — Mark Driscoll
God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear that… — Philip Yancey
The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted. — Olivia Williams
My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as… — Pico Iyer
I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there. — Robin Trower
Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. — Joan Rivers
I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want. — Darren Johnson

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