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Politics are well past logic. It's entertainment.

Quotes by Martin Shkreli

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The task ahead of us will be extremely challenging as the Tory party continue with their austerity agenda and as we continue to resolve the issues of the past and build unity, reconciliation, and equality.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has...

Quotes by Martin Jacques

Privacy is a thing of the past.

Quotes by Martin Cooper

I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past.

Quotes by Martin Feldstein

We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals of interest in even the most obscure ones tend to reveal more about those who make...

Quotes by Martin Filler

At the moment I am taking a very careful look at some of the work which we have done in the past.

Quotes by Martin Fleischmann

I do like to write about characters who aren't just starting out, who have had adventures before, who have had a past they aren't that happy looking back on.

Quotes by Martha Wells

Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.

Quotes by Martin Amis

I think cheerleading is kind of dumb. I didn't admit to my daughter that I was a cheerleader until she was past the age when I thought she might want to do it.

Quotes by Martha MacCallum

I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year...

Quotes by Martha Plimpton

Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in...

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

The Obama Administration continues to talk about the 'policies of the past' and insist that a return to those policies will lead to disaster.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

I think to regret is useless in life. It belongs to the past.

Quotes by Marlon Brando

My first novel, 'John Crow's Devil,' freed me up to write about the past, and 'The Book of Night Women' freed me up to have a book totally based on voice and being very spontaneous.

Quotes by Marlon James

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real...

Quotes by Mark Zandi

In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.

Quotes by Mark Strong

You sign for a sequel for everything these days, just in case, options. In the past, you avoided them like the plague because it meant somewhere down the road you couldn't take a job because you had to do a...

Quotes by Mark Strong

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

Quotes by Mark Udall

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "Past" quotes are featured here?
This page mixes historical and scientific reflection with personal insight — from a mid-20th-century comment about uranium and global power, to a physics-based explanation of the uncertainty relation and the past, to a short, direct line about building your future instead of dwelling on your past. For more on turning points and difficult change, see the Broken quotes page.
Is there a quote about physics or science?
Yes, one quote explains, "The uncertainty relation does not refer to the past," describing how measuring an electron's position and velocity affects what can be known about its earlier state. For more on this kind of clear-eyed thinking, see the Truth quotes page.
Is there a short, quotable line about moving on from the past?
Yes: "Create your future from your future not your past." It's a compact reminder to focus forward rather than staying anchored to what's already happened. If you're drawn to short lines like this, browse the Mistake quotes page too.
Is there a historical quote referencing world events?
Yes, one quote reflects on uranium, predicting it "will give the Anglo-Saxons such tremendous power that Europe will become a bloc under Anglo-Saxon domination." It's a historical perspective on how nuclear power might reshape global politics.
Is there a quote about education and opportunity?
Yes, one quote comes from someone reflecting on founding organizations that "recruit top college graduates to expand educational opportunity," tying personal history to a broader mission. For related themes, see the Memories quotes page.

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