Quotes about Ignoring the Past

Kate Chopin

The past was nothing to her; offered no lesson which she was willing to heed. The future was a mystery which she never attempted to penetrate. The present alone was significant.

Peter Guber

I never look in the rearview mirror.

Ridley Scott

Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would.

Jawaharlal Nehru

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Eric Foner

Amnesia best describes America's official stance regarding slavery

For many years after the Civil War, in an effort to dignify the Southern rebellion, it was fashionable to ignore or skim over the institution of slavery in American history. Government, in particular regarded the issue as divisive even a century after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Dan Simmons

Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced to die by them.

Karl Lagerfeld

I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something I'm not interested in. So, as far as I'm concerned, I like only the past of things and people I don't know. When I know, I don't care because I knew how it was.

Lisa Unger

Denial: my family heritage. If you don't ask the questions, the truth will never inconvenience you.

Ignoring the Past Quotes