Age Quote by Mieczyslaw Jastrun

“As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of today is present, so some flitting perspectives and demi-experiences of the life…

— Henry David Thoreau

Many older people I know are focused on the past. When they talk about the future, they are, quite understandably, preoccupied with the hassles…

— Bari Weiss

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

— John Osborne

“Preserve the spirit of a ‘lost’ age, when time moved slower.”

— Fennel Hudson

The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker brother the past has…

— Jonathan Carroll

“People quickly forget their pasts, often speculate about future, and too busy to think about today. However, we all forget that the past is…

— John Taskinsoy

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

— Nellie L. McClung

We read the future by the past.

— Alexander Crummell

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the…

— Frederick Jackson Turner

“It's said, after all, that people reach middle age the day they realize they're never going to read Remembrance of Things Past.”

— Alison Bechdel

Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

History has shown us that the past lives too long, and the future dies too young.

— Anonymous