The past is always tense, the future perfect.

Quote by Zadie Smith

Topics: Future Quotes, Grammar Quotes, Language Quotes, Past Quotes

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The future is always beginning now.

The future is always beginning now.

You do what's in your gut- if you've been doing it long enough, what's in...

You do what's in your gut- if you've been doing it long enough, what's in...

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were...

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were...

Dreams are for those with the courage to pursue them. Good things might come to...

Dreams are for those with the courage to pursue them. Good things might come to...

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So...

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

One faces the future with one's past.

One faces the future with one's past.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Living in the past isn't going to give you a future. Living in the future...

Living in the past isn't going to give you a future. Living in the future...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.