„All good tales are true tales, at least for those who read them, which is all that counts.“
— Javier Cercas Spanish writer, journalist and professor of Spanish literature 1962
„For those who relish speculation regarding the future, the tale of supernatural horror provides an interesting field.“
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„The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.“
— Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962
Often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt without an original source in her writings, for example in the introduction to It Seems to Me : Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt (2001) by Leonard C. Schlup and Donald W. Whisenhunt, [http://books.google.com/books?id=UeFWjTMcLZYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 2]. But archivists have not been able to find the quote in any of her writings, see the comment from Ralph Keyes in The Quote Verifier above.
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„My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.“
— Padre Pio Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic 1887 - 1968
„Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries. It is as though mankind had divided itself between those who believe in human omnipotence (who think that everything is possible if one knows how to organize masses for it) and those for whom powerlessness has become the major experience of their lives.“
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
„Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.“
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924
„The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.“
— Eleanor Roosevelt American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962
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„From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.“
— H.P. Lovecraft, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
„Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.“
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
Context: Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and our people rediscover their identity and thereby increase their self respect. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.
Speech at Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (28 June 1964), as quoted in By Any Means Necessary (1970)
„Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.“
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -322 p. n. e.
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„Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.“
— Adolf Hitler Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party 1889 - 1945
„Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.“
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -322 p. n. e.
„Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.“
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968