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“You know, comrades,” he said, “I’ve got Hannetjie. I’ll betray him tomorrow.”
Bessie Head (1937–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In case after case, we see tech titans and entrepreneurs misbehaving or breaking the law. They push the boundary of acceptable or ethical behavior that most of us have to play by. Even if some of them provide the technologies of tomorrow, it doesn’t mean they can operate under different set of rule”
Norman Matloff (1948–2026) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What’s wrong with tech leaders?" (July 8, 2014)
“Pretending to be God and parroting his power of creation is an enormous risk that can plunge men into a barbarity. Never forget that there is only one creator: God. In the wrong hands, today's development can lead tomorrow to a devastating leap in the dark.”
Domenico Mogavero (born 1947) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic Church: synthetic cell potentially a good development but life originates from God (May 21, 2010)
“Tomorrow'll be a new day. Which is really the same miserable fucking day all over again.”
Tim Winton (born 1960) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Part I, Ch.2 - p.9 [Page numbers per the Picador 2018 UK paperback.]
“Utilitarianism is a very egalitarian philosophy, asking the haves to do a lot for the have-nots. Were you to wake up tomorrow as a born-again utilitarian, the biggest change in your life would be your newfound devotion to helping unfortunate others.”
Joshua Greene (born 1974) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Joshua Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (2013), p. 275
“What if the Internet breaks tomorrow? Then you'd realize that you're a human being, and you're not validated by what other people think of you - it's how you think of yourself.”
Lana Condor (born 1997) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Lana Condor of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before on Her Newfound Instagram Fame, and How She Unplugs" in W Magazine (1 September 2018)
“'Be happy because you're living today, not today, but tomorrow because of your determination'.”
Miyuru Amarasiri (born 2002) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I got someone waiting at home for me staring out the door and I'll wanna stay in the zone till three all those calls ignored tomorrow she'll probably disown me happy no more keep falling into shadows. I'm playing in the shadows all night long So good to play with bad girls (I'm still young) They keep on saying hello I know what they want You'll find me in the shadows”
Example (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are fighting to make sure that no country, neither today nor tomorrow, is denied funding based on an arbitrary and non-transparent mechanism. This is a matter of fundamental trust on which the European law is based.”
Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine" (3 December 2020)
“Read! Write! Tomorrow's leader.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 08 May 2020. [//bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-184976.html bulawayo24.com]
“The way Muslim youth are being implicated in false cases of terror with pressure cookers to be associated with Al-Qaeda, I am afraid that the ATS may pick me up tomorrow and brand me as a terrorist. I also keep going to Pakistan to participate in mushairas.”
Munawwar Rana (1952–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What a way to show I love you Other than below or above you What a way to kiss each other goodbye What a way to start tomorrow Knowing that there'll be no sorrow What a way to keep each other alive”
Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have a deep love for my country and I am passionate about women claiming their power through self-care. This can only happen if we start to build a today and tomorrow that is full of empowered women and healthy girls as well as responsible boys and men. Girls and women should not regret their gender. Let us support them to manage their periods with dignity.”
Theresa Nyava (born 1991) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theresa Nyava: Worsening period poverty in Zimbabwe calls for urgent action", Nehanda Radio (May 2, 2019)
“Young people are not just the leaders of tomorrow. They are the partners of today.”
Amina J. Mohammed (born 1961) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: Speech at the UN Youth Forum, 2019.
“I think we’ve been told what to do and what’s good for us. And we have to come back and determine what is good for us. That’s why I said for education, it’s really important we think about that. And we think about what skills are going to put a kid, from when they get into school for 15 years, to the workplace? Is it the skills of tomorrow?”
Amina J. Mohammed (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a life where tomorrow isn’t promised, My resolve is to impact positivity,show love and kindness to those around me.”
“English speaking, French speaking, they are one, these students are seeking to study. The children are young; they are the children of tomorrow. They should leave the children alone.”
Pauline Nalova Lyonga first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CRTV - THE 07:30 NEWS, 05 October 2020
“The youths are not the leaders of tomorrow; they are the leaders of today.”
Fela durotoye (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To make tomorrow better we must realize tough realities today, to understand the necessity for renunciation.”
Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fela likens the Nigerian military to mindless zombies following idiotic orders. It was relevant then. It is relevant today. And it most likely will be relevant tomorrow in the future.”
“Seeing people lose lives in the course of my field of work has given me a totally different outlook on death and acceptance and learning to live in the moment, learning to do what needs to be done now, because tomorrow is not assured.”
Shitsama Nyamweya (born 1983) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in the radio station interview titled Catch Up Radio with neurosurgeon Dr. Beverly Cheserem and Dr. Sylvia Shitsama #DriveInn by Davina & Fareed on 31 Aug 2021.
“Tomorrow is your opportunity to fail or be successful if you please”
“I pray you to reach a certain level of happiness! The one in which you need no validation. Just casually living your life, knowing tomorrow isn’t promised.”
“In some grocery stores there is an expressive sign that says: Today I don't trust, tomorrow I do. I have some desire to compare that sign the promises of happiness that life gives us.”
Daniel Salamanca (1869–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The political friend of today is the possible enemy of tomorrow. And vice versa. All those who work by a calculation of interest in politics must take that into account. Neither give your secrets to the friend nor give the adversary blows that cannot be forgotten.”
Daniel Salamanca (1869–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must defend the Chaco because it is ours, and it is the heritage that our elders left us; not for us, men ephemeral that we will die tomorrow, if not for our children, for our grandchildren, for the old Bolivia.”
Daniel Salamanca (1869–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...So, have faith if you will, yet leave not for tomorrow what can be done today.”
Oliver Mbamara wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would be ready to take over tomorrow. But first of all, all fat and lazy members of the troupe would have to be thrown out.”
Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rudolf Nurejew" in Der Spiegel (19 October 1980)
“As the leaders of tomorrow, we need you to challenge yourselves to dig deeper when choosing the values that will guide your way of life, and know that there is pride in believing in your culture, in what defines you and representing it in a dignified manner, wherever you go.”
Jeannette Kagame (born 1962) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Lady Jeannette Kagame| Youth Forum Series| Kigali (10 December 2015)
“Today, you are the guardians who will shape the Rwanda of today and tomorrow.”
Jeannette Kagame (born 1962) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: PHOTOS: First Lady urges youth to reject genocide ideology newTimes (May 30, 2026)
“What is our neighbor’s problem today will be our problem tomorrow. We are in danger, when our neighbor’s house is on fire.”
Kaja Kallas (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think it`s just a - it`s a question of moral choice, and I cannot say that everyone has to make that choice, but I definitely have much more respect to those people who make moral choice not to be silent and go and express their position, whether it`s on the streets or on the Internet. Use your voice while you still can use it, because maybe tomorrow you`re not going to have it anymore.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pussy Riot Founder To Russian Protesters: ‘Use Your Voice While You Still Can’" The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (8 March 2022) - (Transcript)
“About Putin: He can decide that he changes his course by 360 degrees tomorrow. The whole world would be happy again. Stop the bombing. It’s in his hand..”
Annalena Baerbock (born 1980) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Annalena Baerbock (2023) cited in: "Secretary Antony J. Blinken With German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba At the Munich Security Conference" in state.gov, 18 February 20…
“Look, I'm a New Yorker. I'm in your face and I'm hands-on…for me, the word tomorrow is not in my vocabulary. I need things done right away. I don't like procrastination. I am very hands-on. I get in people's faces. That's how I run this business.”
Robert Futterman (born 1958) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Episode 025: Robert K. Futterman - Retail”, Real Estate REality Check (2019)
“Without a doubt, these children deserve a hope. By loving them, we need to show them that life can be different. Yes, their life is hard today, but tomorrow – with hope and trust in God – it will be different”
Eduard Kava (born 1978) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Newly Repaired Sports Hall Was Opened in Novoluhanske Village (22 November 2017)
“When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority”
Kevin McCarthy (born 1965) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CONGRESS McCarthy’s victory party fizzles ("By OLIVIA BEAVERS and HAILEY FUCHS 11/09/2022 04:28 AM EST Updated: 11/09/2022 08:39 AM EST")
“Why told you not the entire tale?” “It is foolish to entangle oneself, any more deeply than can be helped, in the struggles of the great. The man who is down today may be up tomorrow, and rancor outlasts gratitude as stone outlasts wood.”
L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000) said by 2000 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even though the margin on female leadership are still low, there is need to recognise the importance of empowering other upcoming women and nurturing them to be the future leaders of tomorrow,”
Precious Gondwe (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This nomination belongs to you, gentlemen. Are you eager so soon to give up your privileges? If I do not abuse the confidence with which you honour me today, someone else will abuse it tomorrow. Nature has provided you with abundant reason and good sense and you would be wise always to use them and look with a certain suspicion on power vested in a single individual.”
Pasquale Paoli (1725–1807) first seen 1725 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks at the Congress of Orezza opposing the resolution that proposed that Paoli should designate two Commissioners who would carry to Paris the thanks of the National Assembly for the freedom and the institutions tha…
“Peace and socialism is in the hearts, in the minds, on the lips of millions around the world May First, 1941. The “sun of tomorrow” shines upon us. The future is ours.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sun will rise again tomorrow, vigilant and weary as hope.”
Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The capitalist masters have educated the workers to their advantage to-day, but for their undoing tomorrow. The thing that makes for the triumph of capitalism ultimately makes for its own downfall.”
Lena Morrow Lewis (1868–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We just need to channel the youth in the right direction to take advantage of the technological era, and prepare them for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the businesses of tomorrow, which will be definitely different from the businesses of today,” she says.”
Kgomotso Phatsima wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Programmers, authors are going to be the future new entertainers ... It might be presumptuous to say they might be new Robert Redfords ... but to a certain extent [they will be] idolized. Tomorrow's heroes.”
Roberta Williams (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a mother and as a woman in public office, I take my job as a role model very seriously,We need to teach today’s girls to be tomorrow’s leaders. That means teaching them to believe that the ability to do great things is not determined by sex, but by your mind, your skills, and your commitment.This task is made more difficult when public figures make comments like these.”
Lynn Fitch (born 1961) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mississippi GOP officials standing with Trump Mississippi Today (October 8, 2016)
“I am important. I must not die. To keep myself alive, healthy, strong—to wait for my mission in life is a duty to myself, to men and women of tomorrow. If Moses had died in the reeds, who would ever have known that he was destined to be a great man?”
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no difference between old and modern stories. Stories are stories. All stories are old. All stories are new. All stories belong to tomorrow. And stories are not about ogres or about animals or about men. All stories are about human beings.”
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing in life is worth committing suicide over. It is said that when there is life, there is hope. For most people who reached that bridge of almost taking their lives, they eventually thank God that they did not take that plunge. The only thing that is constant is change. You may not have today, but you would have tomorrow.”
Ayo Adesanya (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are good at multi-tasking, parents should bring up their kids properly today so they can have a peaceful tomorrow.”
Mayen Adetiba (born 1954) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I set out to study accountancy, but graduated as an engineer –Adetiba, Punch (December 4, 2016)
“Another vice, another town Where my past can't run me down. Another life, another call, Another bed I shouldn't crawl out of At 7 AM with shoes in my hand. Said I wouldn't do it, but I did it again. And I know I'll be gone tomorrow night. Mm, another vice.”
Miranda Lambert (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source