The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.
I was lucky enough to have a loving present father in my family.
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.
Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.
Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.
Unfortunately, I can't fault other writers and directors for how they choose to present themselves, but I just think people are very fearful of declaring themselves as feminists because it's just confused with being misandry. And if you get labeled a man-hater in this town, you're screwed. Men are still the gatekeepers.
By bringing the past into the present, we create a future just like the past. By letting the past go, we make room for miracles.
My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.
The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to the screen of the future.
Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.
We pamper the present like a spoiled child, obeying its superficial demands but ignoring its real needs.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.
It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite love present in His Heart. . . . how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament?
The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.
My hair would continue to gray, and then one day, it would fall out entirely, and then, on a day meaninglessly close to the present one, meaninglessly like the present one, I would disappear from the earth. And all these emotions, all these yearnings, all these data, if that helps to clinch the enormity of what I'm talking about, would be gone. And that's what immortality means. It means selfishness. My generations belief that each one of us matters more than you or anyone else would think.
Value investors look at cash flows. If a company can maintain present cash flows for 5 or 6 years, it’s a good investment. Investors then just hope that those cash flows - and thus the company’s value - don’t decrease faster than they anticipate.
I am far too much in doubt about the present, far too perturbed. about the future, to be otherwise than profoundly reverential about the past.