tomorrow never comes
English edit
Proverb edit
- A goal or action which is postponed until a future day is often never accomplished; do not procrastinate.
- 1885, G. A. Henty, chapter 4, in In Freedom's Cause:
- "I will take you tomorrow," he said.
"Tomorrow never comes," Archie replied with a laugh.
- 1909, “Fall in Line”, in Seamen's Journal, volume 23, page 11:
- Don't wait until tomorrow; tomorrow never comes. Don't wait for some one else to start; start it yourself.
- Tomorrow has no reality, since every day is experienced as today.
- 1884, Warren Felt Evans, The Divine Law of Cure, page 107:
- We never go beyond the present. We reach that point but never pass it. Tomorrow never comes. Our existence is enclosed within the divine moment, the eternal now.
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 13, in Tarzan the Terrible[1], A. C. McClurg:
- "But tomorrow they give me to Bu-lot," she said sadly.
"May it be always tomorrow," replied Tarzan, "for tomorrow never comes."
- 1984, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo, Raf (lyrics and music), “Self Control”, performed by Laura Branigan:
- I live among the creatures of the night / I haven't got the will to try and fight / Against a new tomorrow / So I guess I'll just believe it / That tomorrow never comes
- 1985 January 11, Jim Davis, Garfield Makes it Big (Garfield)[2] (comic):
- You'll regret it tomorrow.
Tomorrow never comes!
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