Complexity Quote by Clay Shirky

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.

— Bruce Springsteen

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future;

— Nellie L. McClung

It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a…

— John Quincy Adams

A lot of people go through life like they are rowing a boat. They look at where they have been (the PAST) rather than…

— Anonymous

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to…

— Brian Tracy

The future belongs to those who survive their past.

— Nishan Panwar

The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.

— Ted Levitt

People move forward into the future out of the way they comprehend the past. When we don't understand something in our past, we are…

— Norman Mailer

People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to…

— Milan Kundera

“People who have been there forever, left to their own devices, are rarely in the best position to design the future. It’s those who…

— Crystal Kadakia

Who really can face the future? All you can do is project from the past, even when the past shows that such projections are…

— Robert M. Pirsig

When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those…

— John M Richardson Jr