Literal Quote by George Steiner

It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past.... Each new historical…

— George Steiner

The past is dead, and nothing that we can choose to believe about it can harm or benefit those who were alive in it.…

— Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart

The past can be tamed and controlled.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.

— Peter Ackroyd

While the past is the past, it often affects our decisions later on in life.

— Anonymous

The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children.

— Anonymous

The past is our only real possession in life. It is the one piece of property of which time cannot deprive us; it is…

— Grace King

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we…

— Wendell Berry

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

— Anonymous

In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

— Henri Bergson

The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.

— Craig McCaw

The past should not be a place where we live, but something from which we learn.

— Stormie Omartian