“The struggle with the past is not a hand-to-hand fight. The future overcomes it by swallowing it. If it leaves anything outside it is lost.” IfsHandsPastFightingLostOpinionStruggleOvercomingSwallowing Book:the Revolt of the Masses Source: the Revolt of the Masses
“I would say that it's quadruple what I've had when I've won major championships in the past. I've gotten faxes and phone calls from all over the world. It's been overwhelming. It's really changed my opinion of humanity.” WorldPastHumanityOpinionChangedMajorsPhonesOverwhelmingChampionshipPhone CallsFax Author:Greg Norman
“Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial uncertainty. Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren't. Career is the thing that will not fill you up and will never make you truly whole.” ThinkingWholeTogetherJobsPastOpportunityPleasureOpinionCareersRegretFoolAnxietyAddFinancialUncertaintyPanicPublic OpinionRemindingPast Regrets Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“We're not aware of changing our minds even when we do change our minds. And most people, after they change their minds, reconstruct their past opinion - they believe they always thought that.” PeopleMindBelievePastChangeOpinion Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The bodybuilding world has lost one of its greatest legends. I had a chance to speak with Steve Michalik a year ago at The Upper State Bodybuilding competition. We laughed and shared our personal opinions about bodybuilding [today's scene and how it was in the past]. Steve, we'll miss you. R.I.P.” WorldYearsStatesTodayPastLostSpeakChanceOpinionMissingSceneYears AgoCompetitionLaughedLegendsBodybuildingLost OnesPersonal OpinionsWe'll Miss You Author:Lee Haney
“The historian is looked upon as objective when he measures the past by the popular opinions of his own time, as subjective when he does not take these opinions for models. That man is thought best fitted to depict a period of the past, who is not in the least affected by that period. But only he who has a share in building up the future can grasp what the past has been, and only when transformed into a work of art can history arouse or even sustain instincts.” MenDoeHas BeensArtPastOpinionShareBuildingPeriodsModelsInstinctObjectivesAffectedWorks Of ArtHistorianTransformedSubjectiveBuilding UpPopular Opinion Author:Georg Brandes
“I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal.” ThinkingMenWorldHelpingPastPerfectOpinionAtheismJudgingTypePersonalityUniversalIntentionPositive AtheismSupremeAttributesPerfect Man Author:Thomas A. Edison
“That's the great danger of sectarian opinions, they always accept the formulas of past events as useful for the measurement of future events and they never are, if you have high standards of accuracy.” IfsPastAcceptingOpinionEventsDangerStandardsIdeologyFormulasMeasurementAccuracyHigh StandardsPast EventsFuture Events Author:John Dos Passos