“My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.”
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 think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.”
“My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.”
“I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.”
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.”
“You have to like the present if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.”
“The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.”
“That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.”
“In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.”
“The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.”
“In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.”
“If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.”
“The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.”
“The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.”
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
“I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas bring me big ideas to match our future.”
“President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.”