The future is not what it used to be

I am taking a few days off to rest and celebrate New Year. During this time many reflect on the past year and dream about the future – the year 2009. Enclosed below are some quotes about the past and the future. Read and enjoy! I wish you all a Happy New Year!PAST:
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana)I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. (Herb Caen)We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. (Lyndon B. Johnson)I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. (W. Somerset Maugham)Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. (William Ralph Inge)FUTURE:
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. (Alan Kay)I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. (Albert Einstein)The future will be better tomorrow. (Dan Quayle)Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. (Niels Bohr)The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. (Paul Valery)The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. (Winston Churchill)