When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.

I have my flaws and my issues past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.

I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present as long as the story is compelling.

My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image.

My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity and not only this present world but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past present and future and encompasses all humanity.

Words matter especially words defining complicated political arrangements because they shape perceptions of the events of the past attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present and expectations about desirable directions for the future.

People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It's not even paper.