Life is divided into three terms - that which was which is and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present and from the present to live better in the future.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

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.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

If we open a quarrel between past and present we shall find that we have lost the future.

The distinction between the past present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

As a writer or as a filmmaker you have to present yourself and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in or what you think is funny or what you think is sad or what you think is horrible.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.