Subject: Time » Past

We don’t want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

I like to reminisce with people I don’t know… granted, it takes longer.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Good Old Days: What people fifty years hence will be calling the present time.

Depression: A period during which we have to get along without the things our grandparents never dreamed of.

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist

Good Old Days: A block of time which ended a week before you were hired.

You always think another time would have been ideal for you; the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised; and there's a reason – all of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

… since God's dog was a pup

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Whatever happened to the good old days when kids was scared to death of their parents?

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

(1937 – 2000) science fiction author

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce – instantly.

(1973 – ) American comedian

It’s not perfect, but to me on balance Right Now is a lot better than the Good Old Days.

(1939 – 2012) Irish writer & speaker