Foresight is an imperfect thing - all prevision in economics is imperfect. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Hope- the recognition, by true foresight, of better things to be reached here after. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Consider systemic interconnections and next-order implications from initial change.” — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight. — Clive James Copy Share Image
Foresight is better than hindsight, but insight is better than either one of them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Given the inverse relationship between predictability and uncertainty, the cost of maintaining business as usual rises significantly.” — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
A young man who doesn't have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her,… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
I think only an idiot can be an atheist. We must admit that there exists an incomprehensible power or force with limitless… — Christian B. Anfinsen Copy Share Image
It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Womankind always seems to be able to see a dozen steps into the future, far ahead of what men are able to… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or… — Victor Cherbuliez Copy Share Image
As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we… — U Thant Copy Share Image
Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When it comes to the Yellow Races overruning the world, you may laugh ... [The Chinese] have neither the foresight or endurance… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The sun of her [Great Britain] glory is fast descending to the horizon. Her philosophy has crossed the Channel, her freedom the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“Peter stood back up. 'Well, that was a perfectly useless conversation,' he said with a sigh. Now, there is a wonderful thing… — Jonathan Auxier Copy Share Image
If socialists mean that under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people,… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step… — Brand Blanshard Copy Share Image
There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The hope for the twentieth century rests on recognition that war and depression are man-made, and needless. They can be avoided in… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You are on thin ice and you know it. You see the cracks and know more are forming everyday, but you don't… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
“It's not unfortunate that people aren't genuine; what's unfortunate is that insincere people try to act sincere and in doing so, mislead… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I absolutely have no foresight. I used to think I had a lot when I was younger. I worked really hard in… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image