Quotes about Future
The unbearableness of the future is easier to face than that of the present if only because human foresight is much more destructive than anything that the future can bring about.
— Joseph Brodsky
All of us who care about the world going forward would like to engage the government more.
— Paul Allen
I go to see a Greater Perhaps.
— Francois Rabelais
You're going to marry me, and I'm going to take you out of here.
— Francine Rivers
Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.
— Francine Rivers
Go ahead! Her eyes shimmered with tears. Laugh! Pulling Kathryn to her feet, he cupped her face tenderly. We will laugh, darlin', right up until we're both old and gray and have a dozen grandchildren. He kissed her firmly. The answer is yes. I'll marry you. He grinned and kissed her again.
— Francine Rivers
The abyss remains. It is pregnant with all the things yet to be. Ah, what gentle violence!
— Frank Herbert
Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of a knife?
— Frank Herbert
Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat.
— Frank Herbert
It is not the present which influences the future, thou fool, but the future which forms the present. You have it all backward. Since the future is set, an unfolding of events which will assure that future is fixed and inevitable.
— Frank Herbert
The future is a thing to be shaped, Scytale said. Hold that thought, Princess.
— Frank Herbert
How could he deny the jewels of posterity within his loins?
— Frank Herbert