Beast Quote by Stephen L. Carter

The past stands in the path of the future, knowing it will be crushed.

— Alaya Dawn Johnson

“I have a good friend in the East, who comes to my shows and says, you sing a lot about the past, you can't…

— Utah Phillips

If you're constantly being reminded of the ways in which your history and your narrative as a people were rooted in loss and decay,…

— Kerry James Marshall

It's funny how sometimes historians sneer at journalists, yet they depend on us in the future for the material that they mine. You realize…

— Lawrence Wright

People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Dwelling on the past is just as bad as living in it.

— Jacob Ewing

Living in the past kills your future.

— Anonymous

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is…

— Sparky Anderson

All normal human beings are interested in their past. Only when the interest becomes an obsession, overshadowing present and future conduct, is it a…

— C. V. Wedgwood

In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

— James Fallows

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as…

— Robert Fisk

So much of our future lies in preserving our past.

— Peter Westbrook