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“Strangely enough, many of the philosophical issues surrounding quantum mechanics are today being used to entice potential students into physics. As quantum computing and quantum communication become a commercial reality, tomorrow’s students may find themselves routinely grappling with the same philosophical questions that challenged their forebears almost a century ago.”
David Kaiser (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is certain that Ram Mandir will be constructed under the BJP rule. If it is not built today, it will be built tomorrow or the day after. We have completed just one year in power, four more years are to go.”
Sakshi Maharaj (born 1956) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Ram Janmabhoomi issue, as quoted in "Ram temple will be built during BJP rule, says Sakshi Maharaj", The Hindu (7 June 2015)
“No need to cherish luxuries 'cause everything come and go, even the life that you have is borrowed, 'cause your not promised tomorrow.”
Akon (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A 'popular libertarianism' might ... feel all that needs to be done to bring the world to justice is to institute the minimal state now, starting as it were from present holdings. On this view, then, libertarianism starts tomorrow, and we take the present possession of property for granted.”
Jonathan Wolff (philosopher) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: cf. Wolff's book: Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State (1991), p. 106
“There are always alternative interpretations of the same data. It is often the case, however, that the alternatives that are rejected are treated as if they don't exist. But they do. And we should be aware not only of their existence and potential viability, but of the possibility that the hypotheses that we might embrace so strongly today may very well be the rejects of tomorrow.”
Jeffrey H. Schwartz (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are no special attributes to distinguish Christianity from any other collection of baseless lies. If there were no Christians tomorrow, we’d still have Muslims and a slough of other indefensible belief systems.”
Aron Ra (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, it's all over. I wonder what I'm going to do tomorrow.”
Ernest King (1878–1956) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark to Neil K. Dietrich on 14 August 1945; King had just learned that President Harry Truman was going to announce Japan's decision to surrender unconditionally to the Allied powers. As quoted by Thomas B. Buell, Mas…
“I've watched your palace up here on the hill And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will Only first I am asking you why.”
Suzanne Vega (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once I said to Konev, "You've made ten demands at this Council meeting that we can't meet. But suppose I should say, 'All right. We agree to all ten demands.' Then what would you do?" "Tomorrow," he said, "I'd have ten new ones.”
Mark W. Clark (1896–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But how do you come ‘offline’ when so much of our daily lives is moving ‘online’? Every month new sites and online services are launched. If you need to check anything – about a new school for your children, medical treatment, tourist destination or recipe – you go online. Bill Gates put it so well when he called the Internet the ‘town square for the global village of tomorrow’.”
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't believe this country will ever come to grips with child abuse until they make the obvious, simple connection between today's victim and tomorrow's predator. As long as they believe a Ted Bundy or a John Wayne Gacy is a biogenetic mistake as opposed to a beast that was built and a monster that was made, they'll continue to blithely walk around, saying, 'I'm against child abuse.'”
Andrew Vachss (1942–2021) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Todd Taylor's interview October 23, 2001, on Razorcake.com.
“A company surrenders today's businesses when it gets smaller faster than it gets better. A company surrenders tomorrow's businesses when it gets better without getting different.”
Gary Hamel (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any senator or any congressman on this side that does not fight tomorrow, I’m telling you will not, their political career is over because the MAGA movement is going nowhere.”
Eric Trump (born 1984) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patriots — Who’s coming to Washington D.C tomorrow!!!” January 5, 2021
“Tomorrow I have to attend to that pain of the parade.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Private comment captured by the microphones during the closing of the XIII Interparliamentary Meeting of the Popular Party El País (1 October, 2008)
“Now everything would be different; a little today, all of it tomorrow.”
Sten Nadolny (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Into deep left center … for Mitchell … annnnd we'll see ya … tomorrow night!”
Jack Buck (1924–2002) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Calling Kirby Puckett's walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series.
“There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.”
Maria V. Snyder (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Much that is great starts small, ignorant, and useless. […] But today’s beginner is tomorrow’s master.”
Jordan Peterson (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I'll fire tomorrow. I'll get to the person who leaked that to you. Reince Priebus—if you want to leak something—he'll be asked to resign very shortly. ... Reince is a fucking paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac ... 'Let me leak the fucking thing and see if I can cock-block these people the way I cock-blocked Scaramucci for six months'.”
Anthony Scaramucci (born 1964) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon", by Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker (July 27, 2017). Later confirmed by Scaramucci.
“Late at night when all the world is sleeping I stay up and think of you And I wish on a star That somewhere you are Thinking of me tooI'll be dreaming of you tonight 'Till tomorrow I'll be holding you tight And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be Than here in my room Dreaming about you and me”
Selena (1971–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hour draws near and I am still alive. Drawn by the chains of death I take my leave. The King of Hades has decreed Tomorrow I shall be his slave.”
Seisetsu Shucho (1745–1820) said by 1820 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tonight a pair of cooing doves under red bridal curtains, Tomorrow a heap of bleached bones like those of yesteryear. [...] One moment we grieve over a short-lived friend, The next we are ourselves overtaken by death.”
Wang Chi-chen (1899–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There has definitely been a significant bias from the local media like nothing like I have ever experienced, but I intend to have the last laugh when I win tomorrow.”
Karen Handel (born 1962) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karen Handel: ‘I Intend to Have the Last Laugh When I Win’ (June 19, 2017)
“Freese hits it in the air to center. We will see you tomorrow night!”
Joe Buck (born 1969) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Calling David Freese's walk off home run in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. Also a reference to his father's call of Kirby Puckett's home run 20 years before.
“[At age 11] I noticed this truck full of calves and bonded with one in particular, who kept kissing me. After about an hour the truck driver came out of the restaurant. I asked him what the calf's name was, and he said, "Veal, tomorrow morning by 7 o'clock." That was it: I could no longer disassociate the creature from what was on my plate.”
Daryl Hannah (born 1960) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About her vegetarianism. "One on One with Daryl Hannah", interview with Vegetarian Times (7 April 2010).
“‘I am telling you you must not care, sir. The three men died, but they helped to give us a small advance knowledge which we may use against the enemy. At the conference tomorrow they would all answer the same. A few lives to save the many is any captain's rule.’”
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gentlemen, I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec tomorrow.”
James Wolfe (1727–1759) first seen 1759 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To his troops, 12 September 1759, after reciting most of Thomas Gray's Elegy, Written in a Country Churchyard the evening before storming Quebec City. Quoted in Francis Parkman's (1884), and paraphrased in J. Playfair's…
“When we succeed, we must not forget our past. When we fail, we must remember there is still tomorrow. When the path leads to nowhere, we can always take another path. We can make a diversion.”
Jun Hong Lu (1959–2021) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sydney, (22 January 2017).
“We’re the ones who are hit now. That’s today, but tomorrow it’s going to somewhere else, whether it’s Detroit, whether it’s New Orleans. It will work it’s way across the country”
Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Gov. Cuomo issues nationwide call for doctors and nurses as state battles worst coronavirus outbreak in US March 30, 2020 regarding the COVID in the United States
“Like most of you, I am a mixture of old and new, of respect and honor for the past, and of hope for the future. The children of tomorrow look to us today for leadership. If we show them the courage of our convictions, they will one day honor us as we honor the true leaders of decades past. Do your duty because that is what God requires of all of us.”
Roy Barnes (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And we were trying different things, We were smoking funny things, Making love out by the lake to our favorite song. Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow, Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long. Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long.”
Kid Rock (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We could protect Roe tomorrow, but Sinema refuses to act on the filibuster. Until that changes she can take a seat talking about 'women’s access to health care.' Hold everyone contributing to this disaster accountable, GOP & Dem obstructionists included. She should be primaried.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Collins, Manchin and other lawmakers react to the Supreme Court draft opinion (Updated: 05/03/2022 03:11 PM EDT)
“Today, tomorrow, and in these stormy decades in which we live, we can see the enormous and overriding importance that proletarian ideology has.”
Abimael Guzmán (1934–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Moving among dead bodies These dead cried out to the dead: Dervishes, go on sleeping! There is no morning tomorrow.”
Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beverage is an expensive game, and access to capital is the only way to drive a fast-scaling brand forward. We want to be a disruptive player in a large category and want to put fuel on the fire. We felt like we were able to drive great execution, but still have room to grow and want to build a big margin story for tomorrow.”
Yanni Hufnagel (born 1982) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: {{cite web|url= https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/28/two-years-after-lemon-perfect-was-spotted-in-beyonces-limo-the-superstar-is-now-a-backer/
“life waits for no one eventually is not okay why tomorrow when there is today?”
Connor Franta (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The game never ended. If Sol were guaranteed to go nova tomorrow, today she would hear from lobbyists for sunscreen.”
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The children of Orïsha dance like there’s no tomorrow, each step praising the gods. Their mouths glorify the rapture of liberation, their hearts sing the Yoruba songs of freedom. My ears dance at the words of my language, words I once thought I’d never hear outside my head. They seem to light up the air with their delight. It’s like the whole world can breathe again.”
Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t want to be alone. Not when tonight could be my last night. Blind faith in the gods may have taken me this far, but if I’m going to get on that island tomorrow, I need more.”
Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your engineers are your great artists and these highways are the most beautiful things I have seen in your beautiful country…Out of them and the machine will issue the style of tomorrow.”
Diego Rivera (1886–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're suffering and need help, reach out to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. If you still don't feel good after the first call, then hang up and call again. And again and again and again until you're safe from harmful thoughts. I have made those calls myself in the past, and I'm here to tell you that today. Let's go to tomorrow together.”
Adam Silvera (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s always tomorrow on the other side of the world.”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972) Live performance (1972) · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance (2015)
“The process of establishing in Muslim society is neither simple nor straightforward. There is not one strategy, one method or one process. What works today may be unsuccessful tomorrow.”
Amina Wadud (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Right Is Scared of the Protests. Defunding the police? Dethroning Confederate monuments? What’s next, a better tomorrow?”
Tom Tomorrow (born 1961) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Nation, (June 16, 2020)
“No matter how hard things were, tomorrow’s fresh opportunity to make it better. So STOP saying, I wish! From the new year START saying, "I will"!!" in official Facebook (26 December 2020) Retrieved on 5 January 2021.”
Shakib Khan (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No two cases are the same. Some patients have to be tied down on a bed. They spit. They vomit. At first the demon will try to demoralise the exorcist, then he will try to terrify him, saying, 'Tonight I'm going to put a serpent between your sheets. Tomorrow I'm going to eat your heart'.”
Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The synod that will begin tomorrow conceals an agenda that is more political and human than ecclesial and divine. The will is to profoundly change the hierarchical constitution of the Church is clear, with a further consequence a weakening of teaching on morality as well as discipline in the Church.”
Raymond Leo Burke (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the countries affected by the Arab Spring, the Americans have put their money on the Muslim Brotherhood. They believe it will be the dominant power of tomorrow, and they are adjusting to that fact.”
Randa Kassis (born 1970) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Randa Kassis, in: "" at carnegie council, August 30, 2012
“I'm no stranger to the rain. But there'll always be tomorrow, And I'll beg, steal, or borrow a little sunshine. And I'll put this cloud behind me, That's how the man designed me To ride the wind and dance in a hurricane. I'm no stranger to the rain.”
Keith Whitley (1954–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source