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“If you'd listen, even for a little while I'd be pleased Remember, once more we were born into this world crying. Your dreams and hopes for tomorrow are all in this world.”
Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Way over on the railroad, Tomorrow all the tipping trucks will unload together, Every scrapbook stuck with glue, And I'll stand beside you, Beside you, child.”
Van Morrison (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Someone to hold onto And keep me from all fear Someone to be my guiding light And keep me ever dear To keep me from my selfishness To keep me from my sorrow To lead me on to givingness So I can see a new tomorrow.”
Van Morrison (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We do not know what tomorrow will bring. We are not prophets. This is a step in the dark. We can only proceed into the future with faith.”
P. W. Botha (1916–2006) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As prime minister, introducing the 4th Amendment to the Constitution Bill, 23 May 1980, which envisaged a tricameral corporate federation. Cited in The Star, and Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, PW Botha in his own words, p. 27
“I view with utmost concern the imposition of martial law in Maguindanao province, especially after the reported discovery of arms caches and documents related to past elections. I hope that this is not the case of "Maguindanao today-the Philippines tomorrow.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our heartbeats pounding tomorrow into being...”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once someone I was working with said, 'You know, Vanna, some people think about what they're having for lunch tomorrow and you're thinking hundreds of years into the future.'”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cheer up. You never know — maybe something awful will happen tomorrow.”
John Waters (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tribe purist to the fullestIf'n you ain't feelin' this track, then you're full of itPull that li'l shit if you wanna, ya digBut you ain't gonna do me like you did those Kidz, and clown meHomage, comma, propsCall it what you want, but I'm not gonna stopRecord hit the store and I'm not gonna flopAnd if I do, well then it's fodder for the message boards tomorrow”
“Now it's a war on women; tomorrow it's going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that.”
“The Americans of tomorrow, the America that is every day nearer coming to be, will be too wise, too open-hearted, too friendly-handed, to let the least last-comer at their gates knock in vain with his gifts unwanted. ("America and I")”
Anzia Yezierska (1880–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
Haile Selassie (1892–1975) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement after his speech before the League of Nations (30 June 1936), as quoted in ""The Lion is Freed" in Time magazine (8 September 1975)
“Archie Rice: Let me know where you're working tomorrow night and I'll come and see you.”
John Osborne (1929–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(Man in suit to Indian woman) Oh guru, ancient mother of the world, we men have been crippled. We have never learned how to feel; we don't even know how to cry. Oh my wise guru, can you teach me to cry? (Guru) Sure. No problem. Tomorrow I'll start you at a dead-end job, pay you at women's wages and then I'll throw in sole support of a pre-school child.”
Nicole Hollander (1939–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That was on a TV show. There was this poor guy taking a rich guy through a hotel to experience the losses of the less fortunate than him. The rich guy is just complaining because he just wants to get out and the poor guy is saying you have to wait till tomorrow to get out. That's one of our least serious songs but it still has meaning to it.”
Daniel Johns (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way. All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today. Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs Heard the night cry down with traitors, and the dawn shout "Up the reds!”
Yip Harburg (1896–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz" at Democracy Now (25 November 2004).
“This is a budget that does not protect the vulnerable, it doesn't protect the jobs of today and it doesn't create the jobs that we need for tomorrow.”
Jack Layton (1950–2011) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the 2009 federal budget, Jan. 27, 2009.
“I am not a politician and I do not intend to enter politics. But can you rule out the possibility of dressing up as a woman tomorrow? Anything is possible! (17 December 1995)”
Antonio Di Pietro (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They lived in abysmal misery, yet they had no prospect of a better tomorrow. They existed under capitalism, yet there was no accumulation of capital.”
Paul A. Baran (1909–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As far as vocal preparation goes, it’s really an interesting thing for such a fragile instrument and using it properly is like walking a tightrope. I have learned not to do extensive warm-ups. It’s really more of a cerebral mind-body connection Zen hippy thing, just knowing your body and figuring out if I do that then I will be able to speak tomorrow.”
Davey Havok (born 1975) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On singing. Southern Courier, February 2010
“Sneer, frown, and be miserable, for tomorrow you live.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I knew this guy one, a demac on the Amoco Cádiz, dying of bone cancer. You know what he said? ‘When they give you morphine like there’s no tomorrow, there isn’t.’”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seneca suggested that each night we tell ourselves that "You may not wake up tomorrow," and that we greet every morning with the reminder that "You may not sleep again." All of these practices are meant to help us treat our lives, and each other, as the precious gifts they are.”
Susan Cain (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the people that were rooting for me to fail… at the end of the day, tomorrow they have to wake up and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. … They got the same personal problems they had today. And I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things I want to do.”
LeBron James (born 1984) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: James addressing fans after losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals.
“It is a parable of pure capitalism, never jam today and a case of jam tomorrow; but as any of the Smiths will tell you, anyone who has ever sold IBM has regretted it.”
George Goodman (1930–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot always tell what a man is by looking at him. What he appears to be and what he really is may be radically different. The appearance of a man today does not always reveal what he will be tomorrow.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These mighty weapons of explosion and fire are already obsolete, and the improved weapons of today will be dwarfed by the monstrous weapons of tomorrow.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I still don’t have any real interest in painting. I haven’t spoken about it either. I paint for my foundation.. to sell my work for charity. I can’t ask anyone to support or praise my paintings. I’m not a beggar. Tomorrow even if I have nothing at all, I’ll do something or the other, but I won’t beg.”
Salman Khan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Generally speaking, I am not interested in the future and don't believe in it. First, I guess it is true that I don't trust the future, but, more to the point, I don't even trust the "myself" of tomorrow, nor, for that matter, of the day after. Basically, all I know, and all I am capable of understanding, is the "me" that is here, now, the "me" that has dragged his past with him to this point.”
Yohji Yamamoto (born 1943) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wim Wenders. Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989). (The above transcription is from Kiyokazu Washida. The Past, the Feminine, the Vain in Talking to Myself (2002), Ch. 1: Fashion, or the Gaze at the Past).
“She’s got the grownup blues Tight dresses and lipstick She’s sportin’ high-heeled shoes Oh but tomorrow morning She’ll have to change her trend And be sweet sixteen And back in class again.”
Chuck Berry (1926–2017) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958)
“So I'm going to say my prayers tonight before I go to sleep. I hope you'll do the same. I believe if we do that, we'll all have less to worry about tomorrow.”
Ben Carson (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It did seem to me that tomorrow you could wake up to anything, and that there just are no rules anymore.”
Julia Gillard (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How different everyone looked. How louldly they talked about who was starting work tomorrow, who would start in a week, while Sister Raymond sat at her desk looking serene. Bird felt a lurch in her chest. Of all of them, she though, she might be the one who'd miss school the most.”
Patricia Reilly Giff (1935–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The number one problem in business today is profitability. Where will you be allowed to make a profit in your industry? Where is the profit zone today? Where will it be tomorrow?”
Adrian Slywotzky (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did not become the Chief Minister of [Gujarat] on 7th October 2001. I have always been a 'C.M.', I am a C.M. today and will remain a C.M. tomorrow because by 'C.M.' I mean common man or Aam Aadmi.”
Narendra Modi (born 1950) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Narendra Modi (2001), cited in Kumar Pankaj (2014) Namo Mantra of Narendra Modi. Chapter "Narendra Modi—A Common Man".
“One, two, three like a bird I sing, 'cause you given me the most beautiful set of wings. I'm so glad you're here today, 'cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away. Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On relaxed EU restrictions on immigration from Bulgaria and Romania] There has been no tidal wave but there might be tomorrow, there might be next year - we don't know – and that is the problem. We could have a tidal wave from Yugoslavia.”
Nadine Dorries (born 1957) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Question Time (9 January 2014), as cited in "Nadine Dorries warns of a 'tidal wave' of immigrants from Yugoslavia - which no longer exists" The Independent (10 January 2014).
“None knows the day that friends must part None knows how near is sorrow; If there be laughter in your heart Don't hold it for tomorrow.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the things I bring to my play is my Indian identity – my ability to shrug off a loss as destiny and hope for better tomorrow. I am often described as a “natural” or “intuitive player”.”
Viswanathan Anand (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Sense of oneness, a sense of indianess requires to be created among our youth to halt the mad rush towards an imported five star video culture. We believe that through dedication and perseverance we will realize national unity and create a new India of our dreams. In Delhi, I gave you a slogan: ”Unite and win, today we are achieving unity, tomorrow we will achieve victory", Vandematram.”
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Indore, 6 - 8 January 1984
“The war has shaken up people's lives, given them new exposures, new mobility, new perspectives, access to new experience. It will be difficult to shut tight the vistas that have thus been opened up. We move toward tomorrow with the conviction that all the energy and geniality of our vast continent is best expressed in the quality of the life the ordinary American can live.”
Max Lerner (1902–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we only have love Then tomorrow will dawn And the days of our years Will rise on that morn.”
Jacques Brel (1929–1978) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: If We Only Have Love" as translated in the closing scene in the 1968 musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975 film version) · Cover versions by Nana Mouskouri · Johnny Mathis · Olivia Newton John…
Also quoted by: Rod McKuen
“If we vanished tomorrow, no organism on this planet would miss us. Nothing in nature needs us.”
Thomas Ligotti (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The main thing is not to lose your identity and to continue working ... You have a quartet. That is such joy! You can forget everything else in the world. I'm playing a lot of chamber music these days. Tomorrow we were going to give the first performance of two trios, but because of the mourning, all concerts have been canceled.”
David Oistrakh (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Night Stalin Died, New York Times (March 5, 1989).
“Tomorrow I meet PM Boris Johnson. I hope that he will not like to go down in history as “Mr. No Deal”.”
Donald Tusk (born 1957) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweeted on 24 August 2019
“The great problems of the world - social, political, economic and theological - do not concern me in the slightest...If all the Armenians were to be killed tomorrow and if half of Russia were to starve to death the day after, it would not matter to me in the least. What concerns me alone is myself and the interests of a few close friends.”
George Jean Nathan (1882–1958) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Living Authors, H. W. Wilson (1932)
“I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.”
Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When will they fight?” I asked. “Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man’s work.” I laughed. “I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow [Thursday], we will have the opportunity to start to map out a way forward towards building a consensus across this House for a deal we can collectively support to exit the EU in an orderly way, to a future relationship that will allow Britain to flourish, protecting jobs and businesses.”
Philip Hammond (born 1955) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brexit: Chancellor Philip Hammond calls for cross-party compromise, BBC News, 13 March 2019
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Today's Gift : Daily Meditations for Families (1985) by Hazelden Publishing, p. 11