--- title: "9 Predict People Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Predict People quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Predict People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/idries-shah-450_conditioning_with-enough-information-it-is-almost-imp_750517.jpg" --- > [“With enough information, it is almost impossible "not" to predict people's action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/with-enough-information-it-is-almost-impossible-not-to-predict-people/) [Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/idries-shah-450_conditioning_with-enough-information-it-is-almost-imp_750517.jpg) > [The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-vincent-mcmorrow/the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-people-will-or-won-t-respond-to-is/) [James Vincent McMorrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-vincent-mcmorrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/james-vincent-mcmorrow-10886_idea_the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-peopl_2031445.jpg) > [It's very hard to predict what people are thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brown/it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-are-thinking/) [Rob Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/rob-brown-23370_hard_it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-ar_2282320.png) > [You can't predict what's gonna happen, you can't predict if people are going to participate, you can't predict if there'll be interference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-pascal/you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-you-can-t-predict-if-people-are/) [Pedro Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/pedro-pascal-17706_happens_you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-yo_2501613.jpg) > [You can't predict what people are going to like. You have to stay true to your enthusiasm and obsessions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ervin-beam/you-can-t-predict-what-people-are-going-to-like-you-have-to-stay-true/) [Samuel Ervin Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ervin-beam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/samuel-ervin-beam-6217_enthusiasm_you-can-t-predict-what-people-are-going_1692488.jpg) > [You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-warren/you-can-t-predict-it-all-people-will-tell-you-to-plan-things-out-as/) [Elizabeth Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/elizabeth-warren-879_best_you-can-t-predict-it-all-people-will-tel_1512736.png) > [You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/you-can-never-really-predict-how-people-are-going-to-react-what-they/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/robert-barry-3413_care_you-can-never-really-predict-how-people_2182544.jpg) > [People are building apps that are doing super-crazy things, and there's a lot of talk about modeling and microtargeting. Facebook can predict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-reed/people-are-building-apps-that-are-doing-super-crazy-things-and-there/) [Harper Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/harper-reed-7166_building_people-are-building-apps-that-are-doing_188289.jpg) > [One of the things we did at PayPal was collaborative filtering and machine learning: looking at patterns of human behavior. We used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-levchin/one-of-the-things-we-did-at-paypal-was-collaborative-filtering-and/) [Max Levchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-levchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/max-levchin-18118_accuracy_one-of-the-things-we-did-at-paypal-was-c_1786712.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/predict-people/#itemlist", "name": "Predict People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“With enough information, it is almost impossible \"not\" to predict people's action.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Idries Shah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/with-enough-information-it-is-almost-impossible-not-to-predict-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/idries-shah-450_conditioning_with-enough-information-it-is-almost-imp_750517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/idries-shah-450_conditioning_with-enough-information-it-is-almost-imp_750517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/idries-shah-450_conditioning_with-enough-information-it-is-almost-imp_750517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With enough information, it is almost impossible \"not\" to predict people's action.” — Idries Shah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Vincent McMorrow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-vincent-mcmorrow/the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-people-will-or-won-t-respond-to-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/james-vincent-mcmorrow-10886_idea_the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-peopl_2031445.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/james-vincent-mcmorrow-10886_idea_the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-peopl_2031445.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/james-vincent-mcmorrow-10886_idea_the-idea-of-trying-to-predict-what-peopl_2031445.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.” — James Vincent McMorrow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's very hard to predict what people are thinking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brown/it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-are-thinking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/rob-brown-23370_hard_it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-ar_2282320.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/rob-brown-23370_hard_it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-ar_2282320.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/rob-brown-23370_hard_it-s-very-hard-to-predict-what-people-ar_2282320.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's very hard to predict what people are thinking.” — Rob Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't predict what's gonna happen, you can't predict if people are going to participate, you can't predict if there'll be interference.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pedro Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-pascal/you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-you-can-t-predict-if-people-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/pedro-pascal-17706_happens_you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-yo_2501613.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/pedro-pascal-17706_happens_you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-yo_2501613.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/pedro-pascal-17706_happens_you-can-t-predict-what-s-gonna-happen-yo_2501613.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't predict what's gonna happen, you can't predict if people are going to participate, you can't…” — Pedro Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't predict what people are going to like. 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