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Most Famous Present Quotes of All Time!

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The present is haunted by the X-present. I call this manifold of present and X-present 'nowness': a shifting, haunted region like evaporating mist; a region can't be tied to a specific timescale.

Quotes by Timothy Morton

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

Quotes by Tim Finn

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

Quotes by Thomas Malthus

The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent.

Quotes by Theodore C. Sorensen

I think I have between twenty and thirty commercials playing at present.

Quotes by Thayer David

The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it.

Quotes by Terry Eagleton

I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he...

Quotes by Terry Gilliam

We need to recognize the opportunity that green jobs present to Florida and to the economy.

Quotes by Ted Deutch

I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.

Quotes by Tabitha Soren

The common base of all the Semitic creeds, winners or losers, was the ever present idea of world-worthlessness. Their profound reaction from matter led them to preach bareness, renunciation, poverty; and the atmosphere of this invention stifled the minds of...

Quotes by T. E. Lawrence

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

Quotes by Susan Choi

The present U.N. must be annihilated by our power. That is the stage for Communists. We must make a new U.N.

Quotes by Sun Myung Moon

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.

Quotes by Stockwell Day

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

Quotes by Stephane Mallarme

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.

Quotes by Stendhal

When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present.

Quotes by Stanley Crouch

I live in the present and do not look that far ahead.

Quotes by Sourav Ganguly

What I am interested in is the present time.

Quotes by Sophie Marceau

Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.

Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Quotes by Simone Weil

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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