Phil Anselmo Quotes

Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past.

The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.

I'm not the type of person that lives in the past, quite honestly.

I think you're in trouble if you start chasing what you've done in the past. You always need to move on and look forward and do something new.

I always look forward, not back.

I don't live in the past.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.

I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

If you keep looking backwards, you don't go anywhere.

Too much we have lived in our history. We must live in the future.

I don't live in the past. I don't play my old records for that reason. I make a statement, then move on to the next.

You can't live in the past.

So many amongst us live in the past rather than loving the present and building a brilliant future. Some people stay stuck for years over something they did or a failure they've experienced. Sad. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now.

I try and move with the times. If I stop and begin thinking about the past there will be a problem.

There have been ups and downs over the years, but that's in the past, and now I'm just looking forward and focussed on the future ahead.

The past is the past, and we have to look forward.

The most important and invaluable lesson I've learnt in the past 20 years of being in filmdom is to never look back.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

If we remain hostage to our past, then we will go nowhere.