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“I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”
Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the UN General Assembly (21 September 2006), quoted in BBC News (22 September 2006) "Hamas rejects Abbas unity pledge
“Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there with open arms and open eyes.”
Brandon Boyd (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.”
Nostradamus (1503–1566) said by 1566 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last words, as quoted in Famous Last Words: The Ultimate Collection of Finales and Farewells (2004) by Laura Ward and Robert Allen; reported to have been said to his secretary Jean de Chavigny
“They took your life apartAnd called your failures artThey were wrong, thoughThey won't know'Til tomorrow”
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Given current birthrates, France could be a majority Muslim country in 25 years, and that is if immigration were to stop tomorrow”
Sam Harris (born 1967) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sam Harris, On the Reality of Islam, 2006-02-07
“Don’t get feminist on me! Look, I’m not a feminist, 'cause I'm a man. I'm not qualified. I can't be a feminist. Just like most women.. If women were serious about feminism they would have everything that feminists talk about getting. Equal pay, you could have that tomorrow! IF... women would give up bitching about one another for FIVE MINUTES. Which doesn’t seem to be possible.”
Dylan Moran (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But if I should fall Would you vow today to pay tomorrow the fucked off big debt I owe to sorrow”
Pete Doherty (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She said, "I'll show you a picture, A picture of tomorrow, There's nothing changing, it's all sorrow." "Oh, no, please don't show me I'm a swine, you don't wanna know me!”
Pete Doherty (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why should I wait until tomorrow? I've already been I've already seen All the sorrow that's in store”
Pete Doherty (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Author to the Reader I’ve read that Luther said (it’s come to me So often that I’ve made it into meter): And even if the world should end tomorrow I still would plant my little apple-tree. Here, reader, is my little apple-tree.”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lads are on top of the ground at the moment and they look as though they're looking forward to tomorrow.”
Phil Brown (footballer) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24-Aug-2007, Hull City OWS
“A city that pretends to be nothing but what it is, an enormous machine of exchange - of spectacle for money, of sensation for money, of money for more money, of pleasure for whatever be tomorrow's abstract cost.”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow.”
Ali Larter (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're not thinking we're going to take a lot of people up front who are buying Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords and Nissan Altimas and suddenly tomorrow they're going to go shopping at a Ford store.”
Steve Lyons (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe in America. I believe it exists. My gut tells me I live there. I feel that it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I strongly believe it has 50 states. And I cannot wait to see how the Washington Post spins that one tomorrow.”
Stephen Colbert (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For 75 years, Israel has stood as the ultimate guarantor of security of Jewish people around the world so that the atrocities of the past could never happen again. And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel’s back. We will make sure the Jewish and democratic State of Israel can defend itself today, tomorrow, as we always have. It’s as simple as that.”
“Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do't tomorrow.”
John Fletcher (1579–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: John Fletcher (dramaturgo) (pt)
“Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1686 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lucky Chance, Act IV (1686).
“You haven't done anything, its your fucking daughter. I just got a call --when I'm in Tiffany-- from some woman telling me how I should prepare my vagina for my gynecologist appointment tomorrow. She booked me a fucking gynecologist appointment!”
Kelly Osbourne (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.”
Heath Ledger (1979–2008) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Celebetty: Heath Ledger: The Patriot Interview, about his role in The Patriot, published at BeatBoxBetty.com (2000).
“Computers are famous for difficulties. A difficulty is just a blockage from progress. You have to try a lot of things. When you finally find what works, it doesn't tell you a thing. It won't be the same tomorrow. Getting the computer to work is so often dealing with difficulties.”
Ward Cunningham (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let's not worry about what somebody reading the code tomorrow is going to think. Let's not worry about whether it's efficient. Let's not even worry about whether it will work. Let's just write the simplest thing that could possibly work.”
Ward Cunningham (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is, in short no end to the story of life. There are merely pauses. The end is the arbitrary intervention of the teller, but there can be no finality about the choice. Today’s end is, after all tomorrow’s beginning.”
Shashi Tharoor (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion; See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.”
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.”
William Osler (1849–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia (1962) by Jacob Morton Braude, p. 575
“Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?”
Jonathan Larson (1960–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If only we could find out for certain where Hitler and Mussolini are meeting tomorrow, and get one well-placed bomb, then the world might really take on a different appearance.”
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diary (17 June 1940), quoted in Andrew Roberts, ‘The Holy Fox’: The Life of Lord Halifax (1997), p. 237
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
José Saramago (1922–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you hadn’t gone tomorrow, You could have stayed on ‘til June. ~ "June”
“Stalin was an example of creativity, humanism and an edifying example of peace and heroism! [...] Everything that he did, he did at the service of the people. Our father Stalin is dead, but when remembering his example, our affection towards him will make our arms grow strong for the building of a great tomorrow, to assure a future in memory of his magnificent example.”
Salvador Allende (1908–1973) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the Baquedano Theater, Santiago, Chile (1953)
“A man isn’t a block that remains stationary though the psychologists treat him so — and most take an insane pride in believing it. Consistency! He varies; Hamlet today, Caesar tomorrow; here, there, somewhere — if he is to retain his sanity, and why not? The arts have a complex relation to society. The poet isn’t a fixed phenomenon, no more is his work.”
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you have not seen the Celine Dion Vegas show, tomorrow, get a plane ticket, go to Vegas... it is the biggest freak show you will ever see! It's Cirque De Celine.”
Kathy Griffin (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One must preach life, not death; spread hope, not fear and cultivate joy, man's most valuable treasure. That is the secret of the greatest of the wise, and it will be the light of tomorrow. Passions are sad. Hatred is sad. Joy destroys passions and hatred. Let us begin by telling ourselves that sadness is never noble, beautiful or useful.”
Émile Chartier (1868–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today I'm doing boxing in the morning, tonight I'll do my sprints. Tomorrow it's jiu-jitsu in the morning, Olympic wrestling in the evening, and Friday it's Muay Thai and then techniques or swimming in the evening, something like that. Every day I've got a routine that enables me to diversify my training. In this sport the most important thing is to be as complete a fighter as possible.”
Georges St. Pierre (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People talk of Pablo Picasso as the leader of the Cubists but, strictly speaking, he is no longer a Cubist. Today he is a Cubist, tomorrow he will be something else. The only true Cubists are Gleizes and Metzinger.”
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote from the text 'A complete reversal of opinions on art'; Marcel Duchamp, in 'Art and Decoration', New York, 1 September 1915
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
Nolan Bushnell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have lived entirely for my country. I am Danton till my death; tomorrow I shall sleep in glory.”
Georges Danton (1759–1794) said by 1794 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being guillotined, as quoted in Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. VII (1936), p. 43
“I'm sort of planting Post-It notes all over my psyche. Do not skateboard wasted. Do not buy $10,000 rugs. Be careful what you say to journalists. You don't have to stay up until 7 A.M. - tomorrow is a new day.”
Ryan Adams (born 1974) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Blender (December 2003)
“I'm half an hour late, I'll come back tomorrow.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is easy to see what is heresy today, but who can tell what will be heresy tomorrow”
Benjamin Fish Austin (1850–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“;Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?”
José Rizal (1861–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is safe to say that if the Communists took over the Sahara Desert tomorrow, two things would happen. First, nothing. And second, with their centralized approach to the market, there would be a shortage of sand.”
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Buckley Heard By Tulane Unit”, John Roberts, Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), (April 22, 1971) p. 22
“Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You`ve got to keep the faith. Who doesn`t like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It`s very romantic.”
Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People always like to make up stories. I am not planning on getting married. Then again, I might wake up tomorrow and decide to get married!”
Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The daughters of Albion taking the dawn ferry to tomorrow worrying about what happened worrying about what hasn't happened lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles fastening up brown stockings to blue suspenderbelts”
Adrian Henri (1932–2000) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mrs Albion You've Got a Lovely Daughter", from The Mersey Sound (1967).
“I never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee And listen to the many tales of life upon the sea. We'd go sailing back on Barkentines we'd talk of things he did Tomorrow just a day away, for the Captain and the kid.”
Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]e've done so much that even if we are smashed, everything will have been worth it. If not today, then tomorrow.”
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: June 9, 1976 Interview, quoted in Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics (1993) by Felix Chuev. ISBN: 978-1-5663-715-2.
“Equal interchange of goods and service between buyer and seller is the keynote of tomorrow’s business world when the vision of the modern business man awakens him to the wisdom of writing that policy into his code of ethics.”
Walter Russell (1871–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow.”
Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. [...] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.”
Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with TalkAsia, November 2007