J. Arthur Thomson Quotes
The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.J. Arthur Thomson
Quotes to Explore
-
You can never plan the future by the past.
Edmund Burke -
My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
Saina Nehwal -
To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.
Ferdinand Marcos -
This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
Origen -
The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
Laura Esquivel -
The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
J. G. Ballard
-
The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
Laura Esquivel -
I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
Sam Raimi -
Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.
Ian Somerhalder -
The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me.
Samantha Harvey -
What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion.
H. R. McMaster -
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor Hugo
-
Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
Paracelsus -
Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
F. Sionil Jose -
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
Hannah Arendt -
Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!
Felix Bloch -
There's not a Sunday that goes past that I'm not excited to play this game. I feel as if I'm a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.
Cam Newton -
The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
-
With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations?
Nathan Myhrvold -
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached. Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
Eric Clapton Cream -
America's soldiers are being treated … like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.
Kurt Vonnegut -
Think about your goals at every opportunity throughout the day.
Brian Tracy -
I may be called upon to address the company. No one will listen, of course, which is just as well, since I have nothing to say.
Jack Vance -
The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.
J. Arthur Thomson