138 Best Past Quotes

I know what I have to do, but going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long.

Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.

You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Timon here says: you got to put your behind in your past.

Adult Simba: I know what I have to do, but going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long.
[Rafiki hits Simba on the head with his stick]
Adult Simba: Ow! Jeez! What was that for?
Rafiki: It doesn't matter. It's in the past.
[laughs]
Adult Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.
Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.
[swings his stick again at Simba, who ducks out of the way]
Rafiki: Ha. You see? So what are you going to do?
Adult Simba: First, I'm gonna take your stick.
[Simba snatches Rafiki's stick and throws it and Rafiki runs to grab it]
Rafiki: No, no, no, no! Not the stick! Hey! Where are you going?
Adult Simba: I'm going back!
Rafiki: Good! Go on! Get out of here!
[Rafiki begins laughing and screeching loudly]

Pumbaa: [to Young Simba] You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Timon here says: you got to put your behind in your past.
Timon: No, no, no. Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. It's "You got to put your past behind you."

You can’t let go of the past if you never forgive it. – Carl Fredricksen

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – Nick Carraway

Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can! – Jay Gatsby

I wish I had done everything on earth with you. – Jay Gatsby

I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before. – Jay Gatsby

You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me. – Jay Gatsby

I want to know what you think, not what he thinks. – Jay Gatsby

Oh, you want too much! I love you now—isn’t that enough? – Daisy Buchanan

I wouldn’t ask too much of her, if I were you. You can’t repeat the past. – Nick Carraway

They say he drowned. The boy. That he still lives in the lake. A little boy, with a... face like an angel. – Bill

The camp's got a history they don't advertise. – Bill

I regret a lot of things. My whole life is regrets. – Marty Hart

I'm sorry to differ with you, sir, but you are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I should know, sir. I've always been here. – Delbert Grady

You got to put the past behind you before you can move on. – Forrest Gump

Your lambs are still screaming, aren't they, Clarice? – Hannibal Lecter

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. – Rick Blaine

We'll always have Paris. – Rick Blaine

Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'. – Ilsa Lund

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. – Rick Blaine

I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue. – Rick Blaine

Not an easy day to forget. – Ilsa Lund

We said no questions. – Rick Blaine

Every family has bad memories. – Connie Corleone

It will shock you how much it never happened. – Bertram Cooper

There is no fresh start. Life carries on. – Don Draper

The truth is, you may spend the rest of your life trying to recapture the success of one moment. – Bobbie Barrett

We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. – Offred

We’ve forgotten what real families are like. – Serena Joy

We thought we had time. – Moira

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us. – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

You can't change the past, but you can let it go. – Tara Knowles

You can't escape who you are. – Margaret Schroeder

You can't change the past, but you can let it go. – Chalky White

You can’t outrun your past. – Roy Petty

I'm not interested in the past. All I care about is the present and finding the samurai who smells of sunflowers. – Fuu

The past is like a shadow, always following you. – Sara

You can't change the past. All you can do is accept it and move on. – Jin

If you keep looking back, you'll trip and fall. Just keep moving forward. – Renji Abarai

That which you seek lies not before you, but behind. – Yumi Komagata

This scar is my atonement. It is the proof of my vow never to kill again. – Kenshin Himura

If you keep looking back, you'll trip over what's in front of you. – Saito Hajime

I don't care about the new era. I will live by my own will until the very end. – Aoshi Shinomori

The Battousai is a hitokiri, a manslayer. I am Himura Kenshin, a wanderer with a reverse-blade sword. – Kenshin Himura

You can't live your life chained to the past. – Meryl Stryfe

The past is a memory, the future is a dream. All we have is the present. – Hasegawa Taizou