Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals, especially wild animals. And we increasingly know which parts of the world pose the greatest risk for future incursions. Nathan Wolfe aidanimalfuture share on social
You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us. Robin Gibb beautifulbirthdayfuture share on social
I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present. Narendra Modi burdencarryfuture Change image and share on social
Perhaps cliche is nothing more than the weight of the past pinning down your mind. In this sense, imaginative freedom is a way of finding the future, though it isn't so easy to do. Damon Galgut clicheeasyfind Change image and share on social
Depression is the inability to construct a future. Rollo May constructdepressionfuture Change image and share on social
In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it. Frederik Pohl buyfictionfuture Change image and share on social
Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war. P. J. O'Rourke 1950scauseclean Change image and share on social
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Ray Bradbury futurelibrarypast Change image and share on social
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Charles Kettering futureinterestlife Change image and share on social
The early development of the human brain is extremely important for setting the table, if you will, for potential future accomplishment. Dannel Malloy accomplishmentbraindevelopment Change image and share on social
