I tell people all the time I don't make predictions.

The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action.

— W. Edwards Deming

Big data is mostly about taking numbers and using those numbers to make predictions about the future. The bigger the data set you have,…

— Anthony Goldbloom

What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we're willing to do is stand…

— Anonymous

It's always difficult to make predictions about the future.

— Hermann E. Ott

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

— Casey Stengel

I can't make any predictions, I'm not an astrologer.

— J. Jayalalithaa

Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it's interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and…

— Daniel Kahneman

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

— Jodi Kantor

I make predictions about what I'm going to do before a fight, that makes me nervous because I've gotten so good at it until…

— Muhammad Ali

There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

— Yogi Berra

I try not to make predictions, things happen when they are supposed to happen. 'Im 19. I should be in college, I did not…

— Emma Stone

I was really interested to see whether we could make predictions or forecasts by listening in on what people were saying on social media.

— Noreena Hertz

I don't like to make predictions, because my life's been pretty unpredictable so far.

— Kaya Scodelario

With a Trump administration we don't know enough yet to make predictions, but if past behavior is any indication, I am not encouraged.

— Mariana Mazzucato