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Ahead Quotes

On seeing, or reaching, what's still to come.

This collection uses 'ahead' to talk about pace and timing in very different fields - an early read on where cloud computing was headed, and a candid admission of coming into one's own well after everyone else did. Related theme: Go.

Certainly, I think Canada is many years ahead of the curve and still the great global pioneer.

Quotes by Pico Iyer

If you go 90 yards in a hundred-yard race, you come last. Usain Bolt slows down for the last half a yard, but for 99 yards, he is that far ahead that he can. In our business, you can't be...

Quotes by Philip Green

There are days when I don't count sets at all, but then there are some days when I have to realize that I don't want to overwork because I still have an hour of cardio ahead of me or another...

Quotes by Phil Heath

In animation, you do so much planning ahead of time; it has to be so precise.

Quotes by Phil Lord

My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.'

Quotes by Peyton Manning

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

Quotes by Pharrell Williams

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.

Quotes by Peter T. King

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

Quotes by Peter Jennings

In the theater, you didn't have any marks. Your instincts in rehearsal told you what the blocking was. On film, they reversed it. They decided ahead of time what your instincts were, before you even arrived.

Quotes by Peter Falk

When I left Genesis, I just wanted to be out of the music business. I felt like I was just in the machinery. We knew what we were going to be doing in 18 months or two years ahead. I...

Quotes by Peter Gabriel

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

Quotes by Pete Domenici

At many companies, business development is treated as a sales tool for incremental growth, but I believe that business development can bend our growth curve in a big way. It should accelerate our ability to grow, helping us quickly close...

Quotes by Peggy Johnson

I was definitely ahead of my friends. I was French-kissing girls way before anybody else was.

Quotes by Paul Walker

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

Quotes by Paul Thomas Anderson

We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of...

Quotes by Paul Tsongas

Things swept so badly that I had distrust - after 1967, let's say - of American Keynesianism. For better or worse, U.S. Keynesianism was so far ahead of where it started. I am a cafeteria Keynesian.

Quotes by Paul Samuelson

I may find something that looks interesting and then go on to alter the recipe by adding spices, things of my own. I also look for time-saving recipes, dishes that can be prepared ahead and stored.

Quotes by Paul Lynde

To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously.

Quotes by Paul Davies

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead...

Quotes by Paul A. Volcker

Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic...

Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote explaining cloud computing?
Yes - one quote explains it plainly: "Cloud computing means you are doing your computing on somebody else's computer," adding that the speaker firmly believes cloud computing "will become very widespread."
Is there a quote about being a "late bloomer" in a career?
Yes. One quote describes being "a late bloomer," noting that "Even in high school, everyone else was charging ahead," while the speaker didn't come into their own until later - and that they feel "that's true in cinema, too."
Is there a sports-related quote about a task ahead?
Yes: "We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing."
Is there a quote about art being ahead of revolution?
Yes, a brief, thought-provoking one: "Sometimes art is ahead of revolution."
Where can I find more quotes about looking forward?
Visit our Go and Look quotes pages for more.

Sport and art both make an appearance too, from facing a difficult match on the calendar to the idea that art often moves ahead of revolution itself. See also Life and Good.