Guides Quote by Amos Elon

Hindsight is of little value in the decision-making process. It distorts our memory for events that occurred at the time of the decision so…

— Diane F. Halpern

Reality looks much more obvious in hindsight than in foresight. People who experience hindsight bias misapply current hindsight to past foresight. They perceive events…

— Hersh Shefrin

For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage…

— Eric Foner

Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment.

— Edwin S. Shneidman

Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted.

— James Balog

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

— Kevin Kline

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

— Skylar Grey

Hindsight is a beautiful thing, mage. The past is for the memory, the present is for the mind.

— Ben Galley

Hindsight is an exact science. Hold fast to your dreams, for it dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. How much…

— Thomas Jefferson

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

— David Beckham

Hindsight is the historian's necessary vice.

— Hilary Mantel

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!

— William Blake