The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. Freeman Dyson
I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to foresee, becoming small and domesticated rather than big and centralized. Freeman Dyson
You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.' Javier Bardem
AARP knows the future is bright for a generation that's going to remain healthy and vital for 10, 20, 30, 40 more years. AARP has the information and resources people need throughout their process of reinvention. Jane Pauley
A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization. James Cash Penney
We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much. Joshua Chamberlain
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism. Nick Clegg
Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth. Fareed Zakaria
It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully, peacefully. Thomas Starr King
Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Dee Hock
I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. Jane Smiley
Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do. Dean Kamen
True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future. Courteney Cox
We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance. Patti Stanger
A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it. Patti Stanger
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future. Marian Wright Edelman
There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. Mitchell Reiss
With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future. Jennifer Granholm
With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job. Jennifer Granholm