“We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future.”– Gregory Bateson Related Quotes “The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.”– James Thurber “We’re at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.”– Newt Gingrich “At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.”– Charles Darwin