Past Quotes

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
- Future
- Wise Men
- Foresee
It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.

Frances Farmer
- People
- God
- Why

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Walker Percy
- Past
- Grief
- Loss
I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.

Tadao Ando
- Thinking
- Future
- Present
I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

Van Jones
- Time
- Good
- Future
In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'

Gavin Hood
- Up
- Time
- World
J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.

LaToya Jackson
- Believe
- Why
- Talent
Coming to grips with my past, it was hard. I don't feel like what I did was so evil, I just feel like the way I was living, and my mentality, was part of my progression to be a man.

Tupac Shakur
- Past
- Progression
- Grips