I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.

School is practice for future life practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why practice?

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Internationally President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.

The American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking 'How can I tax my neighbor more than they're being taxed?' They say 'How can I get a good job? How can my kids get good jobs? How can seniors have a confidence in their future when they know that Social Security Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt?'

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers better options and better choices for a better future.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes so live not in your yesterdays no just for tomorrow but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember no one can get the jump on the future.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.