11-13-2012, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Lord Snow
I confess the past is history, the future a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
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I confess I went looking for this.
The full quote often reads: "The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present."
In the 1902 book, "Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights..." by Alice Morse Earle, it is noted that the words "Time Waits for No Man" is a play on words or punning device of "gnomon" that has been used on sun dials. A gnomon is a pointer on a sun dial.
There is another quote, I can't find who wrote it, "Yesterday is a cashed cheque, tomorrow is a promissory note, today is the only cash we have.".
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