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Most Famous Present Quotes of All Time!

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Discouragement, if pursued, is the exercise of an option: to turn from creative to noncreative mental activity, to turn from what is present to what is over, to turn from that which builds to that which destroys.

Quotes by Hugh Prather

Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.

Quotes by Howard Zinn

Make a good use of the present.

Quotes by Horace

There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.

Quotes by Hillary Clinton

I would point out that the cultural advance of these people has been suppressed in the past and continues to be suppressed in the present by policies designed to keep them in ignorance.

Quotes by Hideki Tojo

Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time present in consciousness and then have disappeared from it, have not with their disappearance absolutely ceased to exist.

Quotes by Hermann Ebbinghaus

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily.

Quotes by Hermann Ebbinghaus

I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned.

Quotes by Henry Laurens

Descriptive Anatomy comprises a detailed account of the numerous organs of which the body is formed, especially with reference to their outward form, their internal structure, the mutual relations they bear to each other, and the successive conditions they present...

Quotes by Henry Gray

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Quotes by Henri Bergson

In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness...

Quotes by Henri Bergson

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

Quotes by Helen Dunmore

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Quotes by Havelock Ellis

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified.

Quotes by Havelock Ellis

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Make your plate colorful. A lot of Asian countries make it a point of having five colors present on every dish, which leads to eating nutrient-rich foods.

Quotes by Harley Pasternak

Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution process.

Quotes by Harald zur Hausen

Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin.

Quotes by Hans Fischer

This is my present, you know. My present from Mother.

Quotes by Gypsy Rose Lee

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

Quotes by Guy Finley

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the most poetic use of "present" in this collection?
"The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell" is the most vivid entry, describing the present moment as something that carries the future forward.
Does one of the quotes use "present" as a verb rather than a moment in time?
Yes - one quote is a short historical directive: "On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian," using "present" in the sense of formally giving or awarding something. It's included here as a genuine historical record, not something this page endorses or comments on.
Is there a scientific use of "present" in this set?
Yes, one quote touches on the uncertainty principle and how precisely the "present" state of a system can even be known in quantum theory - a nod to how the word applies in physics, not just everyday life.
Does this collection include a quote about art history?
Yes - one quote reflects on the end of an era at the Bauhaus, observing that its painters "are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring."
Where can I find more quotes about time and the past?
See the Past and Moment quote collections.

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