All Quotes

In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.
‐‐ Paul Weyrich

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.
‐‐ Ben Bernanke

In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing.
‐‐ Ron Ben-Israel

In the past, geneticists have looked at so-called disease genes, but a lot of people have changes in their genes and don't get these diseases. There have to be other parts of physiology and genetics that compensate.
‐‐ Craig Venter

In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised.
‐‐ Edward Bond

In the past, Google has used teams of humans to 'read' its street address images - in essence, to render images into actionable data. But using neural network technology, the company has trained computers to extract that data automatically - and with a level of accuracy that meets or beats human operators.
‐‐ John Battelle

In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
‐‐ Daisaku Ikeda

In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.
‐‐ Sarah Brightman

In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease.
‐‐ Connie Britton

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.
‐‐ Tony Iommi

In the past, I had a knee-jerk approach to work, and it showed on screen. I was doing movies for the wrong reasons - trying to juggle dates, do too many guest appearances, take up projects under pressure or for emotional reasons.
‐‐ Salman Khan

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.
‐‐ Andres Iniesta

In the past, I had workaholic issues.
‐‐ Alanis Morissette

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively.
‐‐ James Schuyler

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.
‐‐ Gerry Adams

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.
‐‐ Alberto Giacometti

In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.
‐‐ Michael Schenker

In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
‐‐ Diablo Cody

In the past, I never gave money to my children when they were young in return for nothing. When one of them approached me to give them cash, I asked them to do some work in exchange for it.
‐‐ Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.
‐‐ Carre Otis

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
‐‐ Brad Paisley

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.
‐‐ Victoria Moran

In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all.
‐‐ A. N. Wilson

In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them.
‐‐ Jesse Harris

In the past, I've been reluctant to share any bits of truth about myself or to really let people in on my reality. So I have said some things to throw people off the scent of what's really going on in my life. So I have sort of aided the media in printing these misconceptions, which I regret.
‐‐ Megan Fox

In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. 'Rampart' I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh.
‐‐ Brie Larson

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.
‐‐ Jamie Redknapp

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.
‐‐ Ang Lee

In the past I've thrown my wicket away on certain occasions.
‐‐ Kevin Pietersen

In the past, I've thrown myself into work so much there's been very little room for anything else.
‐‐ Amanda Holden

In the past, I've tried to show the human side of people involved in stigmatised or misunderstood lifestyles. I've tried to resist easy judgments and not pander to prejudices.
‐‐ Louis Theroux

In the past, I've visited remote places - North Korea, Ethiopia, Easter Island - partly as a way to visit remote states of mind: remote parts of myself that I wouldn't ordinarily explore.
‐‐ Pico Iyer

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.
‐‐ Colm Meaney

In the past, I was sometimes put in this women's lit category, and I was never really sure that was the appropriate place for me - although I certainly recognize it can be helpful and correct for other people.
‐‐ Jami Attenberg

In the past, I was working out too heavy.
‐‐ Jean-Claude Van Damme

In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.
‐‐ Elisabetta Canalis

In the past, if a homeowner with a mortgage had a problem making the payment, often he'd get together with a lender and strike a deal, because foreclosures are very expensive to the lender and obviously not good for the homeowner and the community.
‐‐ Henry Paulson

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.
‐‐ Mark Strong

In the past, if you did film, you couldn't do stage, and if you did film, you certainly didn't do television. You had to pick what you wanted to be. Now it seems like we can bounce around, not only between genres, but between mediums, and I like that. I like change and I like a good story.
‐‐ Garret Dillahunt

In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
‐‐ Adam McKay

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.
‐‐ Margaret J. Wheatley

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.
‐‐ Nursultan Nazarbayev

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.
‐‐ Mika

In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations.
‐‐ Junichiro Koizumi

In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
‐‐ Ian Mckellen

In the past, like for the last Rilo Kiley record, 'Under the Blacklight,' I wore exclusively hot pants because the themes in that record were the underbelly of Los Angeles.
‐‐ Jenny Lewis

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.
‐‐ Thomas Szasz

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones.
‐‐ Ray Comfort

In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net concentrations of nutrients can be underestimated. Like grains, however, mushrooms should be weighed when dry to get their correct nutrient value.
‐‐ Paul Stamets