Consequences Quote by Max Boot

It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.

— Adora Svitak

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.

— Paul Fussell

If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues.

— Thabo Mbeki

If you don't know the difference between past and present, you will not understand the future.

— John Elwin

You have to know the past to understand the present.

— Carl Sagan

The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice.

— Mason Cooley

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

— Ken Burns

The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.

— A. J. P. Taylor

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Helen Dunmore

If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.

— Anonymous

What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness of our ignorance.

— Terence McKenna