#present

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#according #each #evaluate #future #his

Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure. ↗

— Paul de Man

#came #could #departure #desire #earlier

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind. ↗

— Kiran Desai

#past #present #change

The key to happiness is to listen to campy Parisian music and smile at a bird. It hinges on insanity, but it works. ↗

— Erica Goros

#be-sane #be-silly #coping-strategies #joy #music

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#couple #exciting #filled #get #hours

There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#past #present #change

If you have ever felt hopeless hang on The night you’re enduring may seem long but there is joy coming in the morning. Incredible changes are going to take place in your life as you begin to relinquish your past and renew your present. ↗

— Sue Augustine

#past #present #change

Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the past. The past was set and sealed. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#fond #past #present #sealed #tibby

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. ↗

— R. D. Laing

#already #begin #disappearing #history #live

I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#dances #defining #defining moment #experience #grasp