Present Quotes (1492 Quotes)

Each Pawnee presented them with a horse, gave a pipe to smoke to the Osage to whom he had made the present. In this manner were eight horses given.

Jeff is a good leader, very competitive and focused. His spirit of innovation is a vital part of the present and the future of NBC Universal.

It certainly is something that I think over time the 23 players involved will come to savor and appreciate more than in the present, ... We're in an incredible divisional and conference race and they are ecstatic that they are able to help Brian make this long-standing mark. But they are more satisfied that they are out playing consistently strong defensive hockey.

Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.

Based on the present trends, the natural gas prices this winter is expected to be significantly higher than last winter.

Friends, though absent, are still present.

As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present.

Very stange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present.

The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding on a principle of fraud? I wish to test the power of recent economic theory to give an exact answer to this question.

Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present.

I will spend between two and three days in each country. The objective of our trips is always to improve relations with our customers, present novelties, keeping in mind, of course, an increase in our market share.

Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is fire, but steel is worth all it costs.

In order to be able to hold an event you have to get a permit for the park. You need insurance, which was one of the biggest problems, and you need an ambulance present, highway patrol present and a health permit.

I understand some women don't have a choice. I'm just lucky that I do. To me, there is no job more important than raising children and being present. . . . I admire every mom, though, as long as we are all doing the best job we can.

I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.

As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory. In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique.

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.

Our victory was stolen from us. After a court decision, we found ourselves in a difficult situation, and it is important for us at present to strengthen our organization, rather than dwell on things past.

I can't tell you about the present before I give it to him, ... I can only say that it is related to the president's interests and to Germany.

In every pain let this thought be present, that there is no dishonor in it, nor does it make the governing intelligence worse. Indeed, in the case of most pains, let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting if thou bearest in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination. Pain is either an evil to the body (then let the body say what it thinks of it)or to the soul. But it is in the power of the soul to maintain its own serenity and tranquility, and not to think that pain is an evil.... It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquility.

The strike is the first by Iberia's pilot's since it was privatized and the company says the present row could lead to it losing 100m, canceling aircraft orders and cutting jobs.

This is unacceptable because when they meet with those unions we want to be present. We've not been notified of any meetings, and we'll lead another march.

When you're entrenched in principles, you're not thinking about streaks or standings. Staying in the present does take discipline and focus.

In the present, there is only the here and now.For the past is gone and the future has yet to arrive.

The past is not ours any more the present slips from our grasp and the future is uncertain.

Consciousness will always be present, though a particular consciousness may cease. For example, the particular tactile consciousness that is present within this human body will cease when the body comes to an end. Likewise, consciousnesses that are influenced by ignorance, by anger or by attachment, these too will cease. But the basic, ultimate, innermost subtle consciousness will always remain. It has no beginning, and it will have not end.

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is createdcreated first in the mind andwill, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made,and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.

Undoubtedly, the retirement of the baby boom generation will strain the economy and its financial markets. The strain, though clearly present, will fall far short of the urgency and degree voiced by some of today's more pessimistic forecasts.

If I win, that will be great. I'll be over the moon if I do win it and get into that category with the rest of those guys. But I cannot look ahead. I've got to be in the present.

I think the fact that the governor was present was without question noticed by the court.

He gave me a lot of encouragement as a young man, as a baseball pitcher, and he has stayed in touch with me over the years up until the present time.

I think this is the end of the present government,

Real estate stocks have had a good run, but once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start decrease. Shipping lines are in for a tough time.

Badenoch promised to be present, engaged and accountable to the citizens of Missoula ... create a community vision that we all can share.

Always keep one foot in the past, your head in the present, and your eyes to the future.

I hate birthdays, ... It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.

When a language creates as it does a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

Kerry is an adult - he thinks things through. He learns from the present as well as the past. To George Bush, thinking things through is for sissies.

Of all the great battles in which I had the honour of drawing my sword for the Emperor and for France there was not one which was lost. At Waterloo, although, in a sense, I was present, I was unable to fight, and the enemy was victorious. It is not for me to say that there is a connection between these two things. You know me too well, my friends, to imagine that I would make such a claim. But it gives matter for thought, and some have drawn flattering conclusions from it.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.

This is a real eye-opener set of results. The last time the Arctic was significantly warmer than the present day, the Greenland Ice Sheet melted back the equivalent of two to three meters of sea level.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

Human beings should tread on the righteous path and act in such a way that his past is unblemished, present full of potential and future becomes secured.

In the short term China is not a threat to the U.S.. China is building up militarily, but its policies focus on non-military confrontation. At present, China isn't even a threat to Japan.