History Quotes / TheFuture

-->--'''Chris Sims''' on ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', [[http://comicsalliance.com/x-men-episode-guide-season-4-episode-one-one-mans-worth-part-one/ "One Man's Worth Pt. 1"]]

-->-- '''Marie''', ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''

->''"It wasn't that long ago that we had a future. I mean, we have one now; the world isn't going to crash into the Sun or anything like that. What I mean is that we had a future that we could clearly imagine. The future wasn't tomorrow, next week, next year, or next century. It was a place with a form, a structure, a style. True, we didn't know exactly what the future would be like, but we knew that it had to be one of a few alternatives; some good, some very bad. The future was a world [[{{Zeerust}} with a distinct architecture]]. It had [[FutureSlang its own way of speaking]]. It had its own technology. It was for all intents and purposes a different land where people dressed differently, talked differently, ate differently, and even thought differently. It was where [[ClarkesThirdLaw scientists were wizards,]] where machines were magically effective and efficient, where tyrants were at least [[WickedCultured romantically evil]] rather than banal, and where the heavens were fairyland where dreams could literally come true."''

''"I'd wanna go WAY into the future. I bet smartphones in the future can do crazy stuff. Like give massages and print out pizza slices!"''

->''"There are so many reasons to be pessimistic. As the stories in this magazine make clear this and every week, human beings are largely driven by the same primitive, tribal impulses that governed us in 10,000 B.C. We slaughter one another in appalling numbers. We're petty and selfish and shortsighted. We routinely fall prey to gobsmacking stupidity. And yet, whenever it has seemed [[DarkestHour darkest]], [[TheHero heroes]] and [[TheSmartGuy geniuses]] and visionaries have stepped forward to [[DareToBeBadass awaken]] [[CallToAdventure what's best in us]], and we have continued on, [[HappyEnding a bit better than before]]. By 2100, the U.N. guesses, about 10 billion people will share the Earth. As financial advisers say, past performance doesn't guarantee future results, but my bet is that our species will be as busy as ever at century's end, and that the view from 30,000 feet will be more impressive still.]]"''

-->--'''Chris Sims''' on ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'', [[http://comicsalliance.com/x-men-episode-guide-season-4-episode-one-one-mans-worth-part-one/ "One Man's Worth Pt. 1"]]

->''"There are so many reasons to be pessimistic. As the stories in this magazine make clear this and every week, human beings are largely driven by the same primitive, tribal impulses that governed us in 10,000 B.C. We slaughter one another in appalling numbers. We're petty and selfish and shortsighted. We routinely fall prey to gobsmacking stupidity. And yet, whenever it has seemed [[DarkestHour darkest]], [[TheHero heroes]] and [[TheSmartGuy geniuses]] and visionaries have stepped forward to [[DareToBeBadass awaken]] [[CallToAdventure what's best in us]], and we have continued on, [[HappyEnding a bit better than before]]. By 2100, the U.N. guesses, about 10 billion people will share the Earth. As financial advisers say, past performance doesn't guarantee future results, but my bet is that our species will be as busy as ever at century's end, and that
the view from 30,000 feet will be more impressive still.]]"''

-->-- '''Philip J. Fry''', ''{{Futurama}}''

-->--'''The Sparks''', "In the Future"

->''"In the future fun is fun\\
''(Future! Future!)''\\
In the future, lots of sun\\
''(Future! Future!)''\\
I'll be there, it's up to you\\
''(Future! Future!)''\\
You'll be there if you don't [[BadFuture do nothing foolish]]"''

->''The Future, Conan?''

->''"The future's got it covered\\
With what will be discovered\\
The future, the future! [[BigYes YEAH!]]\\
In the future fun is fun\\