“I must confess the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occurred to him.” YearsHas BeensGovernmentPastLordPolicyCoupleActivityAdmirationFrankTheftAmazementVetinari Author:Terry Pratchett
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world.” WorldPastActivityCivilizedResidents Book:Running Wild Source: Running Wild
“Unfortunately, the vast majority of people spend their days either living in the dead past or the imagined future. This sort of mental activity cheats a person out of the most precious time we have ... NOW. Give everything you have to what you are doing NOW and life will richly reward you.” PeopleGivingPersonsPastActivityMajorityRewardsCheatPrecious Time Author:Bob Proctor
“When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.” MindBelieveArtPastI BelieveMemoriesNumbersWonderfulActivityDiscoveryCapacityMortalsImmortalityMultitudesArt And Science Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A striking feature of financial service activities during the past few decades is that the financial transactions essential to the operation of the 'real' economy has become increasingly dwarfed by speculative activity.” RealPastEconomyActivityEssentialsFinancialDecadesFeaturesOperationsTransactionsFinancial Services Book:Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century Source: Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century
“I don't want to be remembered for my activities of my past, but for what I am doing today. By that I mean, I don't want to rest on my laurels satisfied by my past deeds. I want to contribute to the advancement of our Folk each and everyday.” WantMeanTodayPastActivityEverydayFolksDeedsSatisfiedRememberedAdvancementMy PastLaurels Author:Richard Kemp