History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything and you have no way of checking up on it.
HOWARD ZINN, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
I figured one day I'd just wake up and and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I'm not too keen on thinkin' about tommorow, and today's slipping by.
NIKKI GRACE, Inland Empire (2006)
You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present."
OOGWAY, Kung Fu Panda (2008)
I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.
BLEEK GILLIAM, Mo' Better Blues (1990)
We can't have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That's the deal.
JOY GRESHAM, Shadowlands (1993)
Yesterday we were born. Today we live.
KATE, Shadow Puppets (2007)
One day I'll fly away, leave all this to yesterday. Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends?
SATINE, Moulin Rouge (2001)
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