God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Quotes
He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.
—Voltaire, 1764We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.
—Paul Valéry, 1931Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893The future...something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
—C.S. Lewis, 1941As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.
—Charles Darwin, 1859It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.
—Francis Bacon, 1620