The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.
—Sigmund Freud, 1927
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
—Walt Whitman, 1856All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering, 1946