“What we usually find is that when people think they have a new idea or approach something for the first time, it is actually a recurrence of a line of thinking explored in the past.” PeopleThinkingFirstsIdeasPastLinesApproachFirst TimeNew IdeasRecurrence Author:Robert Hass
“Part of the approach envisaged in bringing about Black Consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the core of the African background” MenPastFormBlackConsciousnessProduceHeroApproachCoreBackgroundsBlack Consciousness Author:Steven Biko
“Too often, the pastoralist blames the weeds and seeks a chemical rather than a management solution; too seldom do we find an approach combining the sensible utilisation of grasshoppers and grubs as a valuable dried-protein supplement for fish or food pellets, and a combination of soil conditioning, slashing, and de-stocking or re-seeding to restore species balance.” PastBalanceApproachSolutionsManagementBlameSpeciesFishesValuableCombinationSoilWeedChemicalsSensibleConditioningProteinSupplementsCombiningPermacultureStockingsGrasshoppers Author:Bill Mollison
“The importance of recovering the customs and the institutions of the past thus inaugurating the archaeological approach to art.” ArtPastApproachImportanceInstitutionsCustomsRecovering Author:Raja Ravi Varma
“Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.” WellsArtLastsPastWishEnjoyHoursApproachSatisfiedBeing Thankful Author:Martial
“Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last. Learn of the skillful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.” LastsPastWishEnjoyHoursTeachMastersFoolApproachSkillful Book:Poor Richard's Almanack Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“To anybody who can hold the Present at its worth without being inappreciative of the Past, it may be forgiven, if to such an one the solitary old hulk at Portsmouth, Nelson's Victory, seems to float there, not alone as the decaying monument of a fame incorruptible, but also as a poetic approach, softened by its picturesqueness, to the Monitors and yet mightier hulls of the European ironclads.” IfsMaySeemsPastVictoryFameApproachNostalgiaPoeticSolitaryForgivenFloatsNot AloneMonumentNelsonHullIroncladsPortsmouth Book:Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories Source: Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories