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“Further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action, so I took decisive action. It is a huge thing to withdraw support for a Labour candidate during the course of a by-election. It's a tough decision, a necessary decision, but when I say the Labour Party has changed under my leadership I mean it.”
Keir Starmer (born 1962) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (13 February 2024), as cited in "Graham Jones: Labour suspends second candidate over Israel comments", The Times (13 February 2024)
“There is nothing more alien to a modern American than yesterday’s empires, with their arbitrary imperial powers, their cruelty, and their casual control over life and death.”
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt a lot of pressure yesterday (11 October 2019). I received a lot of calls of encouragement from all over the world. The president of Kenya called me. When you receive so many calls from high-profile people, there is pressure.”
Eliud Kipchoge (born 1984) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eliud Kipchoge (2019) cited in: "Eliud Kipchoge makes history by running sub two-hour marathon" in The Guardian, 12 October 2019.
“Equality!’ he cried. ‘You see? Only from level ground can you grow new crops. The war taught me that all men are equal before death, black and white. And yesterday,’ he shrugged, ‘Miss Matha showed me that this equality thing probably includes the females, too.”
Namwali Serpell (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[They were flying at incredible speed. I cannot hazard a guess as to what they were. My inquiries at Yakima last night brought only blank stares, but I spoke today with a man from Ukiah, south of here, who said he had seen similar objects over the mountains near Ukiah yesterday.] It seems impossible, but there it is.”
Kenneth Arnold (1915–1984) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Pendleton on June 25, 1947, as quoted on page 2 of The Chicago Sun (June 26, 1947)
“Like the rest of them, will you also examine the white, crystal today in the haze and mist of slimy yesterday? Do what you will but keep it in mind: the sun has also been accused of having necked and cuddled the night.”
Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I simply couldn't believe what I was seeing...All the doctors and nurses who saw yesterday's news were furious...Zhang Wenkang is ... abandoning even his most basic standards of integrity as a doctor.”
Jiang Yanyong (1931–2023) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On April 3, 2003, Respond for China Health Minister Zhang Wenkang report on national television a mere 12 cases of SARS. Outraged Surgeon Forces China To Swallow a Dose of the Truth
“The urgency of now is yesterday.”
José Andrés (born 1969) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 60 Minutes, Season 52 Episode 29, aired 19 April 2020.
“It’s a good thing to do the right thing today. It’s a better thing to recognize the people who did it yesterday, when it was hard.”
Katherine Maher (born 1983) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, (5 June 2020)
“It is a fact widely known that Kieran McGeeney's teams do not perform in championship. This tradition continued at Breffni Park yesterday, with Donegal playing a virtually perfect game.”
Joe Brolly (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you’re four, forever and ever can mean yesterday.”
Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at America. Society. American movies. American TV. American culture. American politicians. Capitalism. [...] Impatience and rage are always just beneath the surface for me.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is now quite clear that only those in the traditional labour movement who opposed its undemocratic organisations and their tactics can properly be called socialists. The labour leaders of yesterday and today did not and do not represent a workers' movement but only a capitalistic movement of workers.”
Paul Mattick (1904–1981) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anti-Bolshevik Communism, Merlin Press, Ltd., Monmouth, Wales (1978) p. 87, written in 1945.
“Yesterday's science fiction is today's prosaic, everyday reality.”
Garry Davis (1921–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even if we didn’t have our current political climate, I think it would be very satisfying to beat up a Nazi. I think when that happened, it was really—it’s satisfying to see onscreen. I was watching it with my boyfriend yesterday and he was like, ‘Yeah, it’s so good. It’s so satisfying, I’ve been wanting this all season.’ But obviously, me as Kimiko, I’ve always wanted to do that.”
Karen Fukuhara (born 1992) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Boys' Karen Fukuhara on Beating the Shit Out of Nazis and Hopes for Season 3" in Gizmodo (12 October 2020)
“What you do is your job and your right. But how you do it should be made public. That’s why the government had to release an elaborate response yesterday. A US-based for-profit making company is lecturing us on democracy? They are teaching us about the freedom of expression? This is unacceptable.”
Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: — Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) May 29, 2021 [https://www.opindia.com/2021/05/ravi-shankar-prasad-slams-twitter-for-employing-biased-fact-checkers/
“Yesterday I informed, in writing to the BDP and His Excellency the President, that I intend to contest the position of President of BDP at the next elective congress,” said Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi. She previously served as the country’s foreign minister under former president Ian Khama and was a candidate for African Union Commission chair in 2017.”
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi (born 1951) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Masisi removes Venson-Moitoi in another Botswana shakeup" (December 20, 2018), Africa Times, retrieved 26 November, 2022
“If Roe were to fall, abortion would probably be illegal in about half the states in the country, up to 26 states, particularly in the South, the Midwest, and West, who have all spoken out — many leaders — about how they’re poised to restrict or ban access. Some have even taken action, even as recently as yesterday, as crazy as that sounds.”
“We don’t often look at the fact that root causes can require to be addressed over the long-term. We have to have a balance on what we do in the short term; what can we do in the long-term, and there are some of those low-hanging fruit that give a sense of the possibilities of achieving the longterm objective. But people often want to have things done yesterday.”
Amina J. Mohammed (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Growing older gracefully means having a keen curiosity about learning things about the world that you didn’t know yesterday, no matter how many yesterdays you've had.”
Padma Lakshmi (born 1970) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Padma Lakshmi, 51, Shares Her Top Tip for ‘Growing Older Gracefully’" in Prevention (4 November 2021)
“Where you are today is as a result of your thought of yesterday.”
Halima Musa wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Dollar to-day is a different measure from the Dollar of yesterday.”
Edgar Lawrence Smith (1882–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe I'm wrong, living high and chancing. I feel an ice cold look in your eye cut me down with glances. We both said "No", but we can't let go, and I'm feeling like we try to hide. I know I've waited so long. Now that yesterday's gone you need me there by your side. Just once in your life show me that you know how to make it right. For once in your life take a look around you and hold on tight.”
John Miles (1949–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday we had a photography procedure with President Obama, and during that short visit [there was] a short exchange of information, [and] President Obama asked me about the progress of the delivery of equipment to the labs that we are building in Kharkiv [and] which are going to work on low-enriched Iran. I said that the equipment was arriving on schedule.”
Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday’s unprecedented leak is an attempt to severely damage the Supreme Court. This clearly coordinated campaign to intimidate and obstruct the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, and its independence in our political system, from upholding the Constitution must immediately be investigated by the court.”
Elise Stefanik (born 1984) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Collins, Manchin and other lawmakers react to the Supreme Court draft opinion", Politico (3 May 2022)
Also quoted by: Kevin McCarthy
“The mandate remains the same, as the same is Jesus Christ "yesterday, today and forever", and his Gospel, while recipients change and the social, cultural, political and religious situations in which they live.”
Nikola Eterović (born 1951) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The missionary mandate of the Lord will mark the next General Assembly of the Synod (5 October 2012) Fides News Agency
“It's a huge upheaval. What was of extreme importance yesterday seems trivial today. Fatherhood brings you back to something very concrete, fills a void you weren't necessarily aware of, gives you a reason to live.”
Gaspard Ulliel (1984–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We've been warning for weeks that the Trump administration's dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety, that someone was going to get hurt. Just yesterday, I said exactly that. What we're seeing is the consequences of governance designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict. It's governing by reality TV, and today that recklessness cost someone their life.”
“Yesterday's assault on the Capitol was an attack on multiracial American democracy, a fragile experiment younger than most US senators.”
Adam Serwer (born 1982) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1/7/2021 on Twitter
“The world is not in a slow moment... So many people are practicing how to be faster and we all want our books out yesterday and so many things are demanding speed of us or we are demanding it of ourselves, but learning new approaches requires slowness.”
Tjawangwa Dema (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let the voice of the people be heard!" cried Parsons, as the noose tightened around his neck. It has been, it ever Will be on May Day, brave martyred hero of yesterday! This year the newly organized, victorious strikers of the International Harvester Works in Chicago will hallow your names on May first.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In any well-ordered country, Suffolk said yesterday, the trial of a noblewoman would be conducted in seemly privacy; he had rolled his eyes and said, but my lord, this is England.”
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t know how to tell you this gently, Mr. Bello, but you’re yesterday’s news.”
Mike Resnick (1942–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday, I was inducted into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame for being the first female Senator to be elected to serve in three (3) consecutive parliaments. This is only possible because of Constituents who have continued to believe me and I do not take it for granted.”
Oluremi Tinubu (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday’s sin is today’s trendy must-do.”
Esther Friesner (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will act like PAC (Public Accounts Committee) for public servants because we saw that this report contains a lot,” she said yesterday as the MPs embarked on analysing the PSC report.”
Christine Muhongayire (born 1978) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lost money in civil servants lawsuits, The New Times (27 November 2018)
“You have to want to do better than yesterday.”
Bonang Matheba (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a universal suicide they are committing. In place of the fraternity which yesterday existed, there is distilled to-day the poisonous fumes of nationalistic patriotism which threatens to cover the earth with darkness for another fifty years.”
Anna Strunsky (1877–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love the adventure,” she says. “Every day is different. I would wake up today and even though I’m going to the same destination I was going to yesterday, something is going to be different. That’s what I enjoy about my job: Every day brings its own uniqueness.”
Esther Mbabazi (born 1988) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: meet-esther-the-first-female-commercial-pilot-in-rwanda/", one (8 March 2017)
“We cannot face today’s challenge with yesterday’s knowledge.”
Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day. As long as our country provides billions in unconditional funding to support the apartheid government, this heartbreaking cycle of violence will continue.”
Rashida Tlaib (born 1976) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Squad' Democrats get pass from party leadership on 'disgraceful' response to Hamas child executions (October 11, 2023) via twitter
“So, what we saw yesterday, again, is both shocking and utterly within the realm of what we know this country to be. The way law enforcement responds to Black protestors compared to white insurrectionist the most predictable aspect of all of this.”
Nikole Hannah-Jones (born 1976) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jan 7 2021 on Twitter
“There's a uniqueness to the US Capitol obviously but I cannot overstress that much of what you see yesterday -- threat of violence, conspiracy, Q, open white nationalism -- is present at quite literally every Trump rally.”
Astead Herndon (born 1992) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jan 7, 2021 on Twitter, responding to Mick Mulvaney saying "We didn't sign up for what you saw last night
“The Delaware Senate passed a bill yesterday that allows same sex couples to get married. If that makes you happy, then congratulations!!!!!! ... try and teach my kids that there's nothing wrong with that and I'll fucking shoot you”
Jay Briscoe (1984–2023) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: May 2013
“History is always moving ahead in a wavelike fashion, and the people of today outpace those of yesterday in their continuous forward advance.”
Peng Dehuai (1898–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every tribe has a responsibility to the workings of the universe; today as yesterday, human beings play an intrinsic role in the ongoing creation.”
Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are not only what we are today but what we were yesterday and if you burn your immediate past there is nothing left but ashes which are all very well for those heads that like nothing better than to be sprinkled with ashes. But are these ash-covered heads really the spokesmen of our conscience?”
Josephine Herbst (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The closest comparison I can give is with COVID-19. When it hit Western countries, we all felt it: the pain of lockdown; of losing someone; of being ill ourselves. We felt that urgency, that we needed a vaccine and we needed it yesterday, so we said, ‘let's do it, let's do everything that we can’. For diseases that are far off, that sense of urgency is lost.”
Faith Osier (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday's heinous, barbaric terrorism against Israeli civilians is the most lethal assault against Jews since the Holocaust. There is no justification whatsoever for this mass murder. None.”
Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweet cited in "US antisemitism envoy: Barbaric attack most lethal assault on Jews since Holocaust", The Times of Israel (9 October 2023)
“I didn't know I would come out strong today, after what I went through over the 5,000," Kipyegon said. "I didn't sleep until yesterday.”
Faith Kipyegon (born 1994) first seen 1500 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/athletics-kenyas-kipyegon-wins-gold-1500-metres-2024-08-10/