Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a... →
John Desmond Bernal
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in... →
Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
Halle Berry
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Ambrose Bierce
The audience, upon learning that the real Buffalo Bill was present, gave several cheers between the acts.
Buffalo Bill
We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames.
Rudolf Bing
Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's... →
Julie Bishop
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Michael Caine
A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway.
Italo Calvino
And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be my abode, or what employment He has for me there, I... →
Donald Cargill