The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life. Few of the others, however, had the possibility of direct… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“The most essential prediction of Darwinism is that, given an astronomical number of chances, unintelligent processes can make seemingly-designed systems, ones of… — Michael J. Behe Copy Share Image
The usefulness of the models in constructing a testable theory of the process is severely limited by the quickly increasing number of… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out. — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
The future is itself a story, and predictions are stories we tell to amaze ourselves, to give hope to the desperate, to… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
When I think of the flag.... I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I love fashion because it's plugged into the zeitgeist, so it's always changing. Thirty years ago, I could never have predicted I'd… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
The time will come when man will know even what is going on in the other planets and perhaps be able to… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
But does Man have any 'right' to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
But we must admit the possibility that continued investigation and experience will bring us ever nearer to that solemn moment, when the… — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
The fact that these scientific theories have a fine track record of successful prediction and explanation speaks for itself. (Which is not… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
I accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot… — John Howard Copy Share Image
As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
