One feels that the past stays the way you left it, whereas the present is in constant movement; it's unstable all around you.
Tom Stoppard
Other people's lives come at us without a backstory most of the time. The present is like that.
The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.
John Strachan
If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations... →
Gregor Strasser
The important part of the present development is the anti-capitalist sentiment that is permeating our people.
It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.
Adora Svitak
In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present... →
Kevin Systrom
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Tacitus
I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find... →
Amy Tan
The entire fruit is already present in the seed.
Tertullian