Looking At The Past Quotes

• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.517, Best Books on

  577 Copy quote

  Show source

• That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

  Aldous Huxley

  Learning, Health, Men

  Collected Essays (1959) "Case of Voluntary Ignorance"

  163 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.

  LaToya Jackson

  Family, Dream, Real

  52 Copy quote

• Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future.

  Paulo Freire

  Mean, Past, Understanding

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.60, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

  Diana Ross

  Past, Order, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  104 Copy quote

  Show source

• Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

  Danica Patrick

  Moving, Past, Able

  "Texas: Post race press conference - Patrick, Andretti". Firestone 550K Post-Race Transcript, www.motorsport.com. June 5, 2010.

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• There's a desire for me in the work, even when I'm looking at the past, to be looking from the present. It's to be here now. It's looking in the present tense.

  Zoe Leonard

  Past, Desire, Be Here Now

  Interview with Molly Prentiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 13, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My business is retrospective = I'm looking at the past, they all passed away - and it's a big pleasure, that's the point of collecting. It's certainly a [better] quality of life you have living with [these] works, but [I] also [value] the relationship we have with the artists.

  Patrick Seguin

  Artist, Past, Quality

  "A Collector’s Carte Blanche". Interview With Nate Lowman, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2016.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• But now, the final feeling... is one of gratitude that the journey was undertaken. Looking at the past has meant, for the first time, being able to let it go.

  Ruth Cracknell

  Gratitude, Art, Past

  Ruth Cracknell (1997). “Ruth Cracknell: a biased memoir”

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• What am I writing for anyway? Is it like dreaming? Is it a benevolent process? Something that moves the past forward? And what about those people who say all you get from looking at the past is a stiff neck?

  Selima Hill

  Dream, Moving, Writing

  4 Copy quote

• Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.

  Martha Graham

  Past, Rocks, Chairs

  Martha Graham (1991). “Blood memory”, Doubleday

  36 Copy quote

  Show source