On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.Karl Heinrich Marx
One thing that God revealed to me is that we as Christians are going to have to get a portion of the media so that we can present the good news on a major basis the way that they're presenting the bad news on a major basis. Reggie White
Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years. Martin Amis
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader. Julian Barnes
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Charles Dickens
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusionAlbert Einstein
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. Benjamin Disraeli
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless. Cicero
There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. James A.Baldwin
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. Frederick Douglass
We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present. Derek Jeter
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past. Sai baba
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. Epictetus
Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. Alex Rodriguez