“Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future.” MindHas BeensArmsEmbraceFormerGetting OldGetting OlderDwellingObsessiveOpen Arms Author:Will Self
“The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.” Has BeensKnownCrossesAccountsAgentsFormerDeceptionOperationsOfficialsBroadsCommitteesSecrecyChairmanDefianceOutlines Author:Ben Macintyre
“Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of.” Has BeensLostMaterialsSightImportanceStartingFormer Author:Charles E. Burchfield
“I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have been sorely tempted to launch a military attack on foreigners, and have felt the frustration of having to negotiate with allies or even former enemies to reach a consensus instead of taking more decisive unilateral action.” Has BeensActionPoliticalFeltEnemyMilitaryAmbitionDebateFormerFrustrationAlliesIntensityOfficersBusinessmanTemptedConsensusForeignersSubmarinesPolitical Debates Book:The Jimmy Carter Library Source: The Jimmy Carter Library
“The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our own time.  The hallmark of this attitude is its sense that the certitudes and unshakable basic assumptions of former ages have been swept away, that they have been tested and found wanting, that they have been discredited as cheap and somewhat childish illusions.” Has BeensSeemsAgeFoundAttitudeIllusionReflectionTheatreAbsurdFormerAssumptionRepresentativesTestedHallmarkSwept AwayUnshakableCertitude Author:Martin Esslin