Predictable Quotes

266 quotes by 238 authors

The most important advances, the qualitative leaps, are the least predictable. Not even the best scientists predicted the impact of nuclear physics, and everyday consumer… — Martin Rees
Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable. — Jonathan Zittrain
Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring… — John Updike
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction… — John Clute
From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that I would focus… — Jim Webb
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise… — Robert Pinsky
Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shock with expressions of grief, followed by a ghoulish need… — Jennifer Armintrout
We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here. — Donald Tusk
Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. — Gail Sheehy
Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time. — Ken Hill
Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. It introduced the notion that there existed certain predictable and identifiable processes by which dreams were formed. — Henry Reed
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death… — Zygmunt Bauman
I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed. — David Nevins
A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. For instance, injustice, unfairness or inconsistency in… — Abraham Maslow
Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds… — Hannah Arendt
Never Try to go back and Repair the Past, That is impossible, But, Be prepared To Construct the Future Which is Predictable. . . — Himanshunf
The history of mankind is the most bloody and predictable due to the nature of man. The reason we have honor, pride, and dignity is… — Melchor Lim
Label me all you want see if I care, Do I look like I have labeled china on my fore head?? I get looked at… — Myothersweetangel199
Spice ur marriage: Even though there is an issue as to whether being unpredictable is a good thing in marriage or not, according to me… — Anne Nwakama
The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability. — Ratatouille

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