Best past & thinking Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I've gone up for loads of jobs in the past that I knew were going to be terrible, and I've done my best, and I still haven't got them. So I think I've been lucky in who's decided I'd be worthy of their time.”

Thinking Stills Done Jobs Past Gone Havens Terrible Lucky Decided Worthy Load

Author:Chris O'Dowd

“I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past the edge of your eye: startling, luminous, lovely... gone.”

Thinking Mind Eye Past Mother Gone Spring Crosses Edges Lovely Fleeting Luminous Cardinals

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.”

Thinking Knows Men May Self Past Color Tradition Distinction Assured Navy Turquoise

Author:Jean Pigozzi

“I am convinced that the public, large majority of the Greek people, realize that policies pursued in the past and the market practices have to be changed, in order to improve the prospects of the Greek economy. So there is, I think, strong public support despite the increases in social tensions.”

People Thinking Past Order Strong Social Realizing Practice Support Economy Policy Changed Increase Majority Convinced Despite Greek Tension Pursued Prospects

Author:Lucas Papademos

“I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. How has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?”

Thinking Want Past Changed Reader Now And Then Scotland

Author:Ian Rankin

“I think once you're past 30 you shouldn't wear a lot of glitter.”

Thinking Past Glitter

Author:Chloe Sevigny

“I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.”

Thinking World Past Artist Bits Brain Information Computer

Author:Gerald Scarfe

“The one wholly true thought one can hold about the past is that it is not here. To think about it at all is therefore to think about illusions.”

Thinking Life Inspirational Past Positive Illusion

Author:Esther Hicks

“We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.”

Thinking Past Opportunity Chance Our Lives Our Past Second Chance

Author:Jean Smart

“Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture.”

Thinking Moments Past Culture Growing Up Growing Malls Goth

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“I think in the wake of 9/11, like a lot of Americans, you know, we were all very traumatized by the attacks, traumatized in a totally different way by some of what happened afterward in response. And I think there have been these questions hovering in the past decade of, what kind of country are we? Who are we?”

Thinking Knows Way Kind Has Beens Different Country Past Happened Response Decades Different Ways Hovering

Author:Amy Waldman

“As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.”

Thinking World Children Past Worry Concepts Adults Our Time Engaging Submerged Worrying About The Past

Author:Chris Ware

“I have some pretty wonderful friendships, so that's been really good for me. In the past year, I've really worked on that. I think when I was married, I let my friendships go. I think people thought, "Oh, because she's married now, she's so happy all the time." But I really was just isolated in my house.”

People Thinking Years Past House Wonderful Married Isolated My Friendship Wonderful Friendship

Author:Jen Kirkman

“You have to be a warrior in order to become enlightened. If you think it's tough paying the bills, think about being everywhere all at once and doing everything in all the universes, simultaneously, past, present, and future.”

Ifs Thinking Past Order Universe Tough Bills Warrior Enlightened Hinduism Past Present Past Present And Future

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you get past that point, one of the important things is that you see there is more to the world than yourself.”

Thinking World Kind Littles Important Kids Past Grows Bits Growing Up Little Bit Important Things Teenager Discovering Little Kid Shrinks Discovering The World

Author:Kenneth Lonergan

“Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.”

Thinking Humans Past Animal Live In The Present Just Live Always Thinking Thinking About The Future

Author:Townes Van Zandt

“I don’t think we ever really live in the present; instead, we’re either just this side of the past or future, wavering anxiously between anticipation and recollection. That’s where I lived my life, always wanting, longing, wishing.”

Thinking Past Wish Sides Longing Anticipation Recollection Live In The Present Wavering

Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and now. And there is not much percentage in the future.”

Thinking Age Past Percentages Here And Now

Author:Rohinton Mistry

“Do you know, we're right underneath Springtime Parish? This place is the opposite of springtime. Everything past prime, boarded up for the season. Just above us, the light shines golden on daffodils full of rainwine and heartgrass and a terrible, wicked, sad girl I can't get back to. I don't even know if I want to. Do I want to be her again? Or do I want to be free? I come here to think about that. To be near her and consider it. I think I shall never be free. I think I traded my freedom for a better story. It was a better story, even if the ending needed work.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want I Can Stories Light Past Girl Needed Terrible Opposites Seasons Shining Golden Wicked Get Back Prime Do You Know Springtime Parish Daffodil

Author:Catherynne M. Valente

“It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that he was particularly a reformer, not on the role of women, not on democratic development. There’s been a rumor in the last couple of days that he said to someone in an e-mail that he’s in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but I would be surprised if the level of repression started to go down … I think the kind of thing that we would view as significant reforms is unlikely.”

“The Saudis and Emiratis blame all of this on Iran. I think they’d have to grant, that as has been said, that the Houthis are an internally generated movement in Yemen and the Saudis were supposed to be dealing with the Houthis, who started out in essence along their border. So one of the things that we’re seeing is a complete failure of Saudi policy toward Yemen over the past 10 years, but the Saudis totally believe that the reason the Houthis are able to succeed militarily is the amount of money, advice, and guns they are receiving from Iran.”

Thinking Years Believe Has Beens Said Reason Able Past Seeing Advice Policy Movement Amount Succeed Gun Essence Blame Supposed To Be Borders Iran Grants Receiving Over The Past Saudis Yemen

Author:Elliott Abrams

“A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.”

People Thinking Long Hard Helping Seems Wanted Past Deals Careers Adversity Rosy Long Careers

Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.

“When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.”

Thinking Past Remember Process Forget Fool Reverse Sage

Author:George Boas

“I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.”

Thinking Play Past Athlete Prime Pro Athlete

Author:Lynn Samuels

“I think I'm long past the days where I would go to the store and drop a couple hundred bucks on CDs, so my playlist is gonna be pretty long in the tooth.”

Thinking Long Past Couple Hundred Stores Teeth Bucks Cds Playlists

Author:Dave Willis

“No scientist or student of science, need ever read an original work of the past. As a general rule, he does not think of doing so. Rutherford was one of the greatest experimental physicists, but no nuclear scientist today would study his researches of fifty years ago. Their substance has all been infused into the common agreement, the textbooks, the contemporary papers, the living present.”

Thinking Needs Years Doe Today Past Science Common Study Students Paper Research Years Ago Scientist Originals Nuclear Contemporary Substance Fifty Agreement Papers Physicist Textbooks

Author:C.P. Snow

“Most people suffer from the self limiting dysfunction "rear-view mirror syndrome" driving through life with their subconscious mind constantly looking in their own self-limiting rear-view mirror. They filter every choice they make through the limitations of their past experiences. Always remember that your potential is TRULY unlimited, and that you are just as worthy, deserving, and capable of achieving everything you want as any other person on earth.”

“I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that my intentions always began in a pure way. I really want to just try and play the songs.”

Thinking Knows Way Want Trying Play Past Song Gone One Thing Stage Pure Intention

Author:Ryan Adams

“There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.”

“I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.”

Ifs Thinking Men Should Years Said Two Done Would Be Wanted Past Millions Months Deserve Convinced Convincing My Past Two Months Macho Why Me Hairspray

Author:John Travolta

“Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.”

Thinking Past Dignity Senses Frigid

Author:Samuel Johnson

“I have never had time for the idea of searching. Whenever I wanted to express something, I did so without thinking of the past or the future.”

Thinking Ideas Wanted Past Thinking Of The Past

Author:Pablo Picasso

“I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period is already long past.”

Thinking Believe Long Past Cases Progress Periods Painter Absurdity

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“I think the Titanic disaster has parallels today. The closest think I can think of is the silicon chip.. We're all kind of bowing to this computer god, thinking it's going to fix everything and we're geniuses for inventing this. And, you know, I just think we should pay attention to disasters of the past.”

Thinking Knows Should Kind I Can Today Past Pay Attention Genius Computer Disaster All Kinds Pay Attention Closest Chips Parallels Inventing Silicon

Author:Billy Zane

“I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.”

Thinking Want Believe Different Past Regret Different Life Learn From The Past

Author:Molly Ringwald

“You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it's not going to happen overnight because we're trying to catch up.”

Thinking Way Trying Kind Long Matter Happens Together Past Common Luck Common Sense

Author:Richard Petty

“I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!”

Thinking Looks Said Past President Comment President Bush

Author:Tommy Franks

“It is interesting sometimes to stop and think and wonder what the place you are currently at used to be like in times past, who walked there, who worked there and what the walls have seen.”

Thinking Sometimes Past Used Interesting Wonder Wall Used To Be Times Past

Author:Patrick Geddes

“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.”

People Thinking Firsts Ideas Past Lines Approach First Time New Ideas Recurrence

Author:Robert Hass

“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.”

Thinking Whole Together Jobs Past Opportunity Pleasure Opinion Careers Regret Fool Anxiety Add Financial Uncertainty Panic Public Opinion Reminding Past Regrets

Book:Yes Please

Source: Yes Please

“In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted.”

People Thinking Needs Facts Past Used Term Poverty Materials Absolutes Granted Relative Straightforward Deprivation

Author:David Cameron

“I think the first word of caution is; It's not the kind of market where you need to jump in immediately on these downs. We've trained investors so much over the past decade and a half: Buy the dip, buy the dip.”

Thinking Needs Firsts Kind Past Half Decades Investors Caution Over The Past Dip

Author:Liz Miller

“When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.”

“Who thinks, at night, that morn will ever be? Who knows, far out upon the central sea, That anywhere is land? And yet, a shore Has set behind us, and will rise before: A past foretells a future.”

Thinking Knows Past Night Hope Behinds Sea Land Shore

Book:The Poems

Source: The Poems

“I don't ever look past anyone or think that they're not worthy. Of course they're worthy, they're warriors.”

Thinking Looks Past Courses Worthy Warrior Mma Not Worthy

Author:Urijah Faber

“Cherish [Science], venerate her, follow her methods faithfully ... and the future of this people will be greater than the past.”

People Thinking Past Greater Method Cherish

Author:Thomas Huxley

“When I'm doing my best is when I'm completely focused... You completely wipe off any thoughts of the future, there's nothing going on in the past, you're just completely locked in on the moment, and there's no thinking, you're zoned in on this moment in time.”

Thinking Moments Past Focused Mma Locked Wipe Moments In Time

Author:Frank Mir

“Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write.”

Thinking Writing Past Stars Stuff Written Pressure All Time Screenplays Great Writers

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire. I like that image. There has to be a unifying theory. I think there is a continuity of some kind, that my love for my wife will go on past the death of my body. Nature is perfect.”

Thinking Kind Body Past Perfect Fire Wife Theory Goes On My Wife Ashes Continuity Unifying Embers

Author:William Shatner

“I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.”

Thinking Way Trying Past Scared Obstacles My Way Future Relationship

Author:Dave Grohl

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