Foresight Quotes

129 quotes by 116 authors

I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements… — James Anthony Froude
The foresight of financial experts was, as so often, a poor guide to the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Foresight is an imperfect thing - all prevision in economics is imperfect. — John Kenneth Galbraith
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the… — Izaak Walton
I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right… — Ace Frehley
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. — Peter Drucker
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. — John F. Kennedy
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. — Ed Koch
In every living thing there is the desire for love. — D. H. Lawrence
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help… — John Lennon
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight. — Henry R. Luce
I'm cursed with the gift of foresight. — Steven Morrissey
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process;… — Gary Hamel
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . .… — John F. Kennedy
Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom,… — Arthur C. Clarke
Sometimes the crime follows the punishment, which only serves to prove the foresight of the Great God." "That's what my grandmother used to say," said… — Terry Pratchett
The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to… — William S. Burroughs
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until… — Winston Churchill
One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight. — Jim Butcher
But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And… — Robert Burns

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