If the past were razed, the slate wiped clean, maybe fewer people would confuse it with the future, and that at least would be something.
              -
Empire Falls
                      by Richard Russo
We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars.  But we won't.
             -"Fight Club"
                   Brad Pitt
I'll tell you something about your famous future.  Everyday I wake up and it's still the present.  The same grimy, boring present.  I don't think this future thing exists.
             -"Titan AE"
                    Cale