“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
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.
“The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.”
“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”
“I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.”
“We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.”
“My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.”
“The Australian Government's decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game eliminate waste and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future.”
“The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.”
“Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.”
“I'm not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.”
“We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.”
“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.”
“If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.”
“The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.”
“When I was 17, I broke up with my future wife.”