There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.
The past has to inform the present.
The future is much like the present, only longer.
I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
The future is purchased by the present.