Top 1200 Future Shock Quotes & Sayings - Page 8

Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

If we are to control our own future, it will be necessary, not only to obtain the cooperation of people, but to prepare comprehensive plans for that future.

Think about our dilemma on this planet. If the expansion of consciousness does not loom large in the human future, what kind of future is it going to be?

I always think of the future. I think that's how I can work happily now. And I always think 'where would I be living if I married a Korean person?' I work hard now for my future, my future wife and family.

The death of Cyrille Regis, a giant in so many ways, was such a shock and deeply upsetting.

Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts.

The future is up for grabs. It belongs to any and all who will take the risk and accept the responsibility of consciously creating the future they want.

I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

Obviously, I think it was an aberration, but it is a reality. We're still a team that won nine games, but this one was a real shock.

If I want to speculate wildly about the future, I have my science fiction. Anybody who tells you they can predict the future is either crazy or lying.

Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock.

We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind a goal. It is constructive, it is helpful, it is healthy, to think about what future society might be like, because then it guides you somewhat what you are doing today, but only so long as this discussions about future society don't become obstacles to working towards this future society. Otherwise you can spend discussing this utopian possibility versus that utopian possibility, and in the mean time you are not acting in a way that would bring you closer to that.

Moving to Fleetwood was a shock to the system at first. I'd never been at a full-time club.

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home.

American civilization, from its beginnings, had combined a dogmatic confidence in the future with a naive puzzlement over what the future might bring.

Our government is concerned about the future. Everything we do today is not aimed at tomorrow but rather at a future that preserves the living conditions of Brazilians.

I was absolutely astonished by an onslaught of comments expressing their absolute shock that IFLS is run by a woman.

Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to want in the future.

The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.

Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.

Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent.

During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.

When the future looks dark, do not panic, because future does not exist yet; by using your intelligence, you can always turn it to bright!

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

Healing depends on listening with the inner ear - stopping the incessant blather, and listening. Fear keeps us chattering - fear that wells up from the past, fear of blurting out what we really fear, fear of future repercussions. It is our very fear of the future that distorts the now that could lead to a different future if we dared to be whole in the present.

We could either develop paradise on Earth or oblivion; wipe ourselves out, only the future will tell. It's what you do to make the future.

When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we're in total shock because it's so unexpected.

With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future.

The real future of America, the best future for ourselves and our children, is to go back in the direction of limited government restrained by the Constitution.

You can't have bad things happening to characters simply for shock value; you need to provide context.

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.

When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded.

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.

I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.

This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself.

An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long.

The first time I saw Istvan Szabo's 'Mephisto,' I came out and I was in shock. I was shaking.

I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been raised with.

The moment right now, it's a tragically regressive time we live in, you know. We just grounded the Concorde. Where's the future? We've lost the future.

I've really learned, first, focusing on the future and thinking about the future doesn't let you enjoy where you are now. And second of all, it's things that you can't control. You can't know.

The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

You need quite good shock absorbers and a sense of humour to be the Prime Minister's child.

Every youth movement presents itself as a loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.

My altered perception of reality while on psychedelic drugs came as a total shock to me.

Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock.

Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future And focus intelligently on the present. This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.

The future of how the networks and studios deal with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video is certainly going to determine their future.

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy.

If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is an artistry we must cultivate to fully harvest the promise of the future.

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government. And it is the only institution that can mortgage your future without your knowledge or consent: government securities (and paper money) are promissory notes on future tax receipts, i.e., on your future production.

One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.