I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. Peter Ustinov
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. Nicole Kidman
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity? Emile M. Cioran
To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future. Emile M. Cioran
Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government. Marco Rubio
Mitt Romney will stop the attacks on job creators, encourage entrepreneurs to chase their dreams, and bring good jobs and a better future to all Americans. Marco Rubio
It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. Alan Rickman
I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it. Stephen Fry
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. Larry Bird
Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s. Camille Paglia
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. Michael Palin
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. Jean de la Bruyere
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Jean de la Bruyere
It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future. Thomas Sankara
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. George MacDonald
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. Fulton Oursler
Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. Dale Turner
Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future. Marilyn Ferguson
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? David Byrne