It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

Quote by Jim Bishop

Topics: Living Quotes

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into...

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into...

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief...

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.

Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...