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“You fly to another place. Home, to a big city ofstone. You leave as one does. One alwaysleaves. But you do not know if you will everreturn. I am leaving, I am leaving, will I everreturn? I am leaving you today. Yesterday, Ihad left you”
Véronique Tadjo (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sticking to my process means believing in the work I’m doing and the ability to put it all [strengths and weaknesses] together. I’m still kind of bummed about my first nine holes at Massereene on Thursday and my back nine here [at Galgorm] yesterday. But besides that, everything was positive, so that’s what I will take with me.”
Pernilla Lindberg (born 1986) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pernilla Lindberg Closing In On Four Complete Days, LPGA, 1 August 2021 by LPGA Communications
“We are tired. We want peace. We are starving. We are being killed. We are appealing to Mama Lucy Kibaki and Mama Ida Odinga, the wives to the president and prime minister. Our children in the slums are just as precious to us as your children are to you. They need peace. They need to be safe. They need to eat. We lost a child yesterday and we are tired.”
Jane Anyango (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Despite what anybody may have to say to you or about you today, you are enough. Yesterday, you were enough. Today, you are enough.”
Tabitha Brown (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success has a way of distorting your view. Keep winning, don't wallow in yesterday's success.”
Karimot Odebode wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was one injury yesterday from a stray bullet from clashes across the border and the man (civilian) who was injured is being treated, at the health center in Rubavu District. We are grateful that we did not have any (fatality).”
Yolande Makolo first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda spokesperson explains Rubavu border incident The New Times (October 24, 2023)
“An MLA of TMC gave a statement yesterday that they will throw Hindus in Bhagirathi. What kind of statement is this? What kind of politics is this? Why have Hindus become second-class citizens in Bengal?”
Humayun Kabir (Bharatpur politician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I told you yesterday, Rama, that I couldn’t do anything more for you, or for any of the striker’s families.”
Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But it must not be thought that I abjure all physical effort. Only the day before yesterday I pulled up a dandelion. Next week I shall probably be busy pulling up the two other dandelions that will inevitably spring up in that place to avenge their brother. Dandelions are like that.”
C. J. Dennis (1876–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amateur Amateur Gardeners", in Random Verse (1952)
“Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot began the hearing of a very curious case yesterday. A Mrs. Tasker is accused of continually ringing the doorbell of a Mrs. Renton, and then, when the door is opened, pushing a dozen red-bearded dwarfs into the hall and leaving them there.”
J. B. Morton (1893–1979) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diet of Thistles (1938), pt. 7
“I can only get better if I leave yesterday behind and focus on the present and the future.”
Nkechi Akashili (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Despite taking all necessary precautions, I tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.”
Dora Siliya (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The man visited me in Khayelitsha yesterday morning and I could not believe when he said he wanted to donate such a large sum of money to support my family. When I received the cheque, I cried and screamed ‘yoo yoo’ in disbelief.”
Bukelwa Mbulawa (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday I had the honour of witnessing history in youth and sport in the Kavango West region. We inaugurated the ground breaking ceremony for the Nkurenkuru Multipurpose Youth Resources Centre and Kicked off the Governor's Cup. Phase 1A and phase 1B of the project will lay the ground work for sporting complex that will serve as a crucible for talent and hub for youth engagement.”
Johanna Kandjimi (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They were taken to the harbour police station and they were processed. Yesterday, I called the crime officer and he said they were processing them for court.”
Elizabeth Afoley Quaye (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are losing people; we buried a 19-year-old yesterday; today we are burying two people, and the cause is the liver. The liver got rotten; the liver got cirrhosis. So as I talk now, in two days, we are burying three people with similar complications,”
Jennifer Driwaru (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s true she has been appointed as the director for mobilization. She was confirmed yesterday by the Central Executive Committee of the party”
Rosemary Seninde (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It looks like a small change, but it’s a big change. Who wants to take tablets for six months? Wouldn’t you rather take them for four months? But that is still not enough. We are looking at how we can shorten it even further. In fact, we are competing with our colleagues in HIV care. We say people in HIV care only started their work yesterday, but now, they are doing test and treat.”
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The very identity of an institution is bound up irrevocably with the story of its origin, its development, and its traditions, all of which must be familiar to the workers of today, if the movements of yesterday are to be perpetuated and continuity of life and effort maintained. The past must impart its wisdom to the present that the future may justify both and fulfil their aspirations.”
John Joseph Glennon (1862–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am currently in my office; President Bazoum called me yesterday to tell me ‘go to your office, you have my confidence and we will continue the work.”
Aïchatou Boulama Kané (born 1955) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I remain loyal to detained President Bazoum – Niger envoy to France, retrieved on 4th August 2023
“Sometimes, no matter how emotionally intelligent you have become, it affects you. At the end of the day we are human. Some days I'm more confident, other days not. Some days I care, others I don't. Yesterday was one of those I didn't care what anyone has ever said. And I wanted to own that moment. It was mine. Mine to appreciate and to embrace”
Ayanda Borotho (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m so sorry, Panda, that this happened to you. I called you yesterday because I genuinely wanted you to stop cause I know who you are, a decent human being,”
Sheebah Karungi (born 1989) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sheebah tells Gloria Bugie not to weaponise Crysto Panda’s grief Pulse Uganda (August 27,2026)
“After the Bangalore explosion yesterday, Shakeel Ahmad, a Congress party spokesman, tweeted that if the blast was a terror attack it would "certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election". The BJP called his remark "insensitive and inhumane".”
Shakeel Ahmad (born 1956) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mallet, V. (2013, Apr 18). Bangalore bomb attack injures 16 as election nears: Improvised device. Financial Times
“We are surprised and shocked. Yesterday, it was Bangalore. Today it is Ahmedabad. This happened even after the government of India issued high alerts to all sensitive states.”
Shakeel Ahmad (born 1956) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shakeel Ahmed. about 2008 Ahmedabad bombings. A day after Bangalore, 29 killed in Ahmedabad serial blasts The Hindustan Times; New Delhi. 27 July 2008.
“Mr. Lincoln was telling his countrymen that the achieved West had given the United States something that no people had ever had before, an internal, domestic empire, and he was telling them that Yesterday must not be permitted to Balkanize it.”
Bernard DeVoto (1897–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday was unexpectedly my last day in the Office. I was summarily fired via memo from Main Justice that did not give a reason for my termination. Every person lucky enough to work in this office constantly hears four words to describe our ethos: Without Fear or Favor. Do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons without fear of retribution and without favor to the powerful.”
Maurene Comey (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But I'm unlucky. Yesterday, when I was pissing in the forest and looking at the landscape, a horsefly bit me in the dick. It swelled up like a balloon and I thought it was going to fall off. But iodine and Staroniewicz saved this valuable utensils for future generations. Today it is only red, but maybe it will fall off. If it falls off, I will send it to you in formaldehyde.”
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939) said by 1939 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The president came out boldly yesterday to say the situation cannot be allowed to continue a situation in which the critical economic life of the nation.”
Lateef Fagbemi (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The exquisite roses that my father brought over yesterday have totally withered. I felt like I was them. How can he say he loves me if he doesn't care if I'm withering?”
Rosa Nissán (born 1939) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hijo que te nazca (1996) chapter 9, translated into English by Dick Gerdes as Like a Mother (2002)
“To understand today’s politics one must always begin with yesterday’s economics.”
Michael Manley (1924–1997) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery (1982)
“We strive valiantly but again and again, we come short, not because we so desire but because it is the nature of human endeavours. Our modest success in the last one year has come from waking up with new enthusiasm each morning, believing that we shall achieve better outcomes in the new day, having learnt from the mistakes of yesterday.”
Alex Otti (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday, the Hon. Andreotti asked me to go [to see him] and, naturally, given his electoral presence in Sicily, he indirectly expressed his interest in the issue. I was very clear and assured him that I would not show any consideration for the part of the electorate that his electors draw on.”
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From General dalla Chiesa's private diary, April 6, 1982; quoted in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
“Internally: A while back I decided that I am not in competition with anyone but who I was yesterday. I try to reflect on everything in order to grow. I am very proud of where I am now and excited for the future.”
Candice Renee Price wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is why the manipulator, today as yesterday, must use simple but effective phrases, words that excite the gut and numb the freest minds.”
Paolo Crepet (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as you do something to improve today and make it a little better than yesterday, you’re going to be successful every day. Just show up and do something you’re passionate about”
Radhika Aggarwal wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t like comparing myself with others. It does me no good. It’s better to compare yourself with yourself and rather think that you’re going to play better than you did yesterday.”
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (born 2002) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Regarding the decrees that President Donald Trump signed yesterday, I would like to say the following: The people of Mexico can be sure that we will always defend our sovereignty and our independence”
Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Women This Week: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Responds to Executive Orders and Threats from President Trump,24 January 2025
“As some of you may know, I am having health challenges which I have found a blessing. So yesterday morning, I was was blessed to have a visit from Gary, his wife Angeli, and the sister of Maricel who is also a very beautiful person.”
Gina Lopez (1953–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Family is everything to me. I’ve got four kids and I think they’re actually the reason why I grind as hard as I do. They are the reason that I wake up every morning, and that I push and wanna stage myself. That I want to do better than I did yesterday.”
Sonia Mbele (born 1976) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Smart, Strong Matriarch Sonia Mbele Raising Her Sons to be Men The Insider SA (retrieved 13 November 2025)
“My actions yesterday are not representative of me as a person. I lost my cool in a heated match and acted in a way that leaves me disappointed in myself. To Yasmin in particular, I offer sincere apologies. I hope you are feeling fine today and only wish you the best going forward”
Ruth Kipoyi (born 1997) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Yasmine Mrabet Breaks Silence on Ruth Kipoyi's Incident During DR Congo Friendly,5 June 2024
“The opposition of today can’t be like the opposition of yesterday”
Moeti Mohwasa (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am looking forward to the journey, to win games and to be the best team we can be. I am very happy to be here. I arrived yesterday evening and I enjoy it here.”
Mohammed Salisu (born 1999) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘I am here to win games and be the best team we can be’ – Mohammed Salisu after completing Monaco move Footy Dreams (21 November 2025)
“Watching this happen yesterday broke my heart in a million little pieces.”
Rica Peralejo (born 1981) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Rica Peralejo gets emotional reflecting on her children getting older: ‘nothing is permanent". ABS-CBN News. 12 October 2022
“This hallway, next to my own home, has been the space of my childhood. Everything feels different while also everything feels familiar. Like it was only yesterday.”
Rica Peralejo (born 1981) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Rica Peralejo reminisces about her showbiz beginnings at ABS-CBN". ABS-CBN News. 05 July 2022
“Never a dull moment! Each day is different from yesterday.”
Gina Alajar (born 1959) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For Gina Alajar, Being Kind Is Better Than Being The Greatest Actor, By Daphne Sagun 6 August 2024.
“(To Pietro Secchia) What did Juve do yesterday? [...] And you want to start a revolution without knowing Juve's results?”
Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fine romance, with no kisses. A fine romance, my friend, this is. We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes, But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes.”
Dorothy Fields (1905–1974) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Fine Romance" (1936)
“I like Chopin and Bizet And the songs of yesterday, String quartets and Polynesian carols. But the music that excels Is the sound of oil wells As they slurp, slurp, slurp into the barrels.”
Marve Fisher first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Differently quoted in the ODQ, 4th ed. (1992) p. 283:
“Every day must pass in such a way that in the evening we can say, “Today we loved more than yesterday”. Only in this way can we live, Giulia, only in this way can we think, only in this way can we grow. (p. 28)”
Giuseppe Capograssi (1889–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After Ernesto De Martino, Carlo Tullio-Altan, who passed away yesterday at the age of 89, was the greatest Italian anthropologist in two senses: as a significant exponent of cultural anthropology, a discipline so little cultivated in Italy, and as a ruthless investigator of the anthropology of Italians.”
Umberto Galimberti (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source