"The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause." - Bergson, Henri Louis (1859-1941)

"The future isn't what it used to be." - Berra, Yogi [Lawrence Peter] (1925- )

"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." - Bible (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about ... things that are past, it is needless to blame." - Kung Fu-tse [Confucius] (551-479 B.C.)