Climate change Quote by Craig D. Idso

We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.

— Amanda Harlech

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

— Nellie L. McClung

We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past.

— John D. Barrow

Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.

— Harry Browne

We need to think about the future, not the past.

— David Dellinger

If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.

— Helen Dunmore

If you find great difficulty in trying to reckon with the future or even the present, I think it's intuitive to start that process…

— James Spader

Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview…

— Anonymous

Our future depends on how we understand the past.

— Gustavo Cerati

We read the future by the past.

— Alexander Crummell

We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it.

— Claude Shannon