In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past. Peter Ackroyd bookdefinitedistant share on social
Look around at the countries of Europe, and you'll find that practically all of them have pasts that are just as tragic as Ireland's, yet the people seem able to find some creative way at moving into the future. Jennifer Johnston countrycreativeeurope share on social
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. Dick Cavett brightemptyevaporate Change image and share on social
Somehow we must reintegrate the scientific with the popular and reconnect the future to the present. This is less a job for scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, and administrators and more a job for novelists, moviemakers, popularizers, and politicians. Newt Gingrich administratorbureaucratengineer share on social
I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future. Jack Williamson curiosityfutureorigin Change image and share on social
It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying. Hussein of Jordan beliefdespairfirm Change image and share on social
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future. Mary Cassatt civilizefuturelove Change image and share on social
I believe with all my heart that God still destines for us an even better future and the opportunity to continue to serve as an inspiration to the world. Marco Rubio continuedestinefuture Change image and share on social
To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light. Jean Baudrillard absorbblackcircle share on social
True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison awesomechildcreate share on social
