--- title: "12 Predict Things Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Predict Things quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Predict Things sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/john-newman-22478_access_doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors_183349.png" --- > [ Doctors can predict these things \[tumors\] just as long as they get access to people. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-newman/doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors-just-as-long-as-they-get/) [John Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/john-newman-22478_access_doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors_183349.png) > [You can only predict things after they have happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-have-happened/) [Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_happened_you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-h_2798591.jpg) > [You can't predict things in football because anything can happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luka-modric/you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-because-anything-can-happen/) [Luka Modric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luka-modric/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/luka-modric-6738_anything_you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-bec_1852614.jpg) > [I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-aldean/i-had-no-idea-big-green-tractor-was-going-to-be-as-big-a-hit-as-it/) [Jason Aldean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-aldean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/jason-aldean-2805_bigs_i-had-no-idea-big-green-tractor-was-goin_527837.png) > [I can predict things. I can improve the uptime and the reliability. I can intervene and cause a better outcome before there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dell/i-can-predict-things-i-can-improve-the-uptime-and-the-reliability-i/) [Michael Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/michael-dell-6511_better_i-can-predict-things-i-can-improve-the-u_676582.png) > [We need to stop, and admit it: we have a prediction problem. We love to predict things—and we aren’t very good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-silver/we-need-to-stop-and-admit-it-we-have-a-prediction-problem-we-love-to/) [Nate Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-silver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/nate-silver-3166_needs_we-need-to-stop-and-admit-it-we-have-a-p_1621942.jpg) > [Health care has a lot of interesting machine-learning problems - outpatient outcomes, or when you have x-ray images and you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-dean/health-care-has-a-lot-of-interesting-machine-learning-problems/) [Jeff Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/jeff-dean-10577_health_health-care-has-a-lot-of-interesting-mac_2516028.jpg) > [That always seemed the coolest thing to me. How do you use num'bers to predict things? It was like a cool way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-morey/that-always-seemed-the-coolest-thing-to-me-how-do-you-use-num-bers-to/) [Daryl Morey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-morey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/daryl-morey-9896_better_that-always-seemed-the-coolest-thing-to_2326956.jpg) > [You can hit a nail on the head, or cause a machine to do so, and get a fairly predictable result. Hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/you-can-hit-a-nail-on-the-head-or-cause-a-machine-to-do-so-and-get-a/) [Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/bill-mollison-4213_animal_you-can-hit-a-nail-on-the-head-or-cause_2672742.png) > [“Reality is never what you imagined it would be. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it’s worse. And sometimes it’s just different. It’s not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-rosmarin/reality-is-never-what-you-imagined-it-would-be-sometimes-it-s-better/) [Abby Rosmarin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-rosmarin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/abby-rosmarin-38051_expectations_reality-is-never-what-you-imagined-it-wo_2708291.jpg) > [Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-shihab-nye/today-you-will-say-things-you-can-predict-and-other-things-you-could/) [Naomi Shihab Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-shihab-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/naomi-shihab-nye-4185_als_today-you-will-say-things-you-can-predic_2738596.png) > [“Sights, smells, temperature changes—all sorts of stuff. We notice it without consciously thinking about it. He says we may not be paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trenton-lee-stewart/sights-smells-temperature-changes-all-sorts-of-stuff-we-notice-it/) [Trenton Lee Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trenton-lee-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_paying-attention_sights-smells-temperature-changes-all-so_2145257.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/predict-things/#itemlist", "name": "Predict Things Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Doctors can predict these things [tumors] just as long as they get access to people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Newman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-newman/doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors-just-as-long-as-they-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/john-newman-22478_access_doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors_183349.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/john-newman-22478_access_doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors_183349.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/john-newman-22478_access_doctors-can-predict-these-things-tumors_183349.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Doctors can predict these things [tumors] just as long as they get access to people.” — John Newman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can only predict things after they have happened.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Ionesco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-have-happened/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_happened_you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-h_2798591.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_happened_you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-h_2798591.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_happened_you-can-only-predict-things-after-they-h_2798591.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can only predict things after they have happened.” — Eugene Ionesco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't predict things in football because anything can happen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Luka Modric" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luka-modric/you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-because-anything-can-happen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/luka-modric-6738_anything_you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-bec_1852614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/luka-modric-6738_anything_you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-bec_1852614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/luka-modric-6738_anything_you-can-t-predict-things-in-football-bec_1852614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't predict things in football because anything can happen.” — Luka Modric", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. 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