The future is equal parts promise and uncertainty. These quotes explore what lies ahead — technology, progress, hope, anxiety — and the uncomfortable truth that the future is being built right now by the choices we make today.
“I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.”
“And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.”
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.”
“We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.”
“I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
“I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas bring me big ideas to match our future.”
“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.”
“I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.”
“You can never plan the future by the past.”
“Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn't deal with.”
“I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in.”
“The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.”
“You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.”
“We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.”